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The story of a monk, a minstrel, and the music that brought them together In 1965 writer-activist-monk Thomas Merton fulfilled a twenty-four-year dream and went to live as a hermit beyond the walls of his Trappist monastery. Seven months later, after a secret romance with a woman half his age, he was in danger of losing it all. Yet on the very day that his abbot uncovered the affair, Merton found solace in an unlikely place--the songs of Bob D...

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In this parallel biography of two countercultural icons, Hudson plumbs the depths of Dylan's influence on Merton's life and poetry, recounts each man's interactions with the woman who linked them together--Joan Baez--and shows how each transcended his immediate troubles and went on to new heights of spiritual and artistic genius.ic genius.

As the aging population of the United States continues to increase, age-related policies have come under intense scrutiny and have sparked heated debates. This edition explains the politics behind the country's age-based programs, describes how those programs work, and assesses how well - or poorly - they meet the needs of older Americans.

Scholars, students, and policymakers will appreciate the volume's timely overview of the evolution of aging policy.

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