Carta a Christopher Fettes

In 1961, J.R.R. Tolkien wrote a letter to Christopher Fettes.

• Subject: Tolkien writes an answer to Christopher Fettes's question about why Tolkien seemed to refer to both Tom Bombadil and Treebeard as the oldest of living creatures.
• Publication: A large excerpt from the letter was first published in Amon Hen 173, later reprinted in The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion.