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| Genre/Form: | Biography Biographies History |
|---|---|
| Named Person: | Samuel Stokes; Gandhi, Mahatma; Gandhi, Mahatma; Gandhi, Mahatma; Samuel Stokes; Samuel Evans Stokes, Jr.; M K Gandhi; Samuel Stokes |
| Material Type: | Biography, Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Asha Sharma; Nandini Sharma |
| 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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"This is ... the story of the commitment to India that prompted Gandhi to describe Stokes as a foreigner who had made India his home, 'in a manner in which perhaps no other American or Englishman has.'" Mark Tully, India Today "Sharma has written a lively and philosophical book, reflecting closely Stokes's mixed personality and steely commitment." Michael Fathers, Time Asia "Of the men and women from foreign climes who came to India to preach and stayed to learn, the name of Samuel Stokes is an outstanding one." Chanchal Sarkar, Hindustan Times "The fascinating story of Samuel Evans Stokes is a meticulously documented and well-written book." --H. V. Sharada Prasad, Asian Age Read more...
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- Stokes, Samuel, -- 1882-1946.
- Gandhi, -- Mahatma, -- 1869-1948 -- Friends and associates.
- India -- Politics and government -- 1919-1947.
- Americans -- India -- Biography.
- Missionaries -- India -- Biography.
- Apple growers -- India -- Himachal Pradesh -- Biography.
- Social workers -- India -- Biography.
- Political activists -- India -- Biography.
- Hindu converts from Christianity -- India -- Biography.
- India -- History -- 20th century -- Biography.
- Gandhi, -- Mahatma, -- 1869-1948.
- 15.75 history of Asia.
- 11.78 missiology.
- Americans.
- Apple growers.
- Friendship.
- Hindu converts from Christianity.
- Missionaries.
- Political activists.
- Politics and government.
- Social workers.
- India.
- India -- Himachal Pradesh.
- British india.
- Stokes, Samuel Evans, -- Jr., -- 1882-1946.
- Gandhi, M.K., -- 1869-1948.
- Stokes, Samuel.
