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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/177008291 Title: An American in Gandhi's India : the biography of Satyanand Stokes Author: Asha Sharma; Nandini Sharma Publisher: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©2008. ISBN/ISSN: 9780253351586 0253351588 9780253219909 0253219906 OCLC:177008291

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An American in Gandhi's India : the biography of Satyanand Stokes

Author:	Asha Sharma; Nandini Sharma
Publisher:	Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©2008.
Edition/Format:	Print book : Biography : EnglishView all editions and formats
Summary:	Samuel Evans Stokes, Jr, a son of a prominent Philadelphia family, was a 21-year-old Quaker missionary when he arrived in India in 1904 to work in a home for lepers. Stokes became a leader in Read more...
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Subjects	Stokes, Samuel, -- 1882-1946. Gandhi, -- Mahatma, -- 1869-1948 -- Friends and associates. Gandhi, -- Mahatma, -- 1869-1948. View all subjects
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Genre/Form:	Biography History
Named Person:	Samuel Stokes; Gandhi, Mahatma; Gandhi, Mahatma; Samuel Stokes; Samuel Stokes; Gandhi, Mahatma
Material Type:	Biography, Internet resource
Document Type:	Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors:	Asha Sharma; Nandini Sharma Find more information about:
ISBN:	9780253351586 0253351588 9780253219909 0253219906
OCLC Number:	177008291
Notes:	Originally published: New Delhi : Penguin Books India ; New York, NY : Penguin Putnam, 1999, with title An American in khadi : the definitive biography of Satyanand Stokes.
Description:	xiii, 373 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Contents:	Foreword / Dalai Lama -- 1. A Journey of No Return -- 2. The Quest Begins -- 3. The Ascetic -- 4. Visit Home -- 5. The Brotherhood in India -- 6. Alternate Path -- 7. An Inner Struggle -- 8. Home at Last -- a Family Man -- 9. War on Two Fronts -- 10. For the Rights of Men -- Begar -- 11. Joining the Freedom Struggle -- 12. The Fight Continues -- 13. In Khadi -- 14. Following the National Trail -- 15. Arrest and Trial -- 16. Guest of the British Empire -- 17. Debates with Gandhi -- Test of Friendship -- 18. Johnny Appleseed of the Himalayas -- 19. A School in My Garden -- 20. Came to Teach and Stayed to Learn -- 21. Satyakamvadi -- 22. The Burdens Increase -- 23. Marketing the Fruits of Labor -- 24. World War II and After -- 25. The Vedantist -- 26. Eventide -- Appendix 1. Folk Song Composed on the Occasion of Stokes' Marriage -- Appendix 2. Stokes' Written Statement -- Appendix 3. Verses Written in Jail -- Photographs are on pp. 171-1863.
Responsibility:	Asha Sharma ; with Nandini Sharma ; foreword by His Holiness the Dalai Lama.
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