An American in Gandhi's India : the biography of Satyanand Stokes
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 Gandhi's independence movement in the 1920s. This work offers a rare glimpse into a century of interaction between India and the United States.
Print Book, English, ©2008
Indiana University Press, Bloomington, ©2008
Biography
xiii, 373 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
9780253351586, 9780253219909, 0253351588, 0253219906
177008291
Foreword; Preface; Note on This Edition; MapPrologue1. 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; Epilogue; Acknowledgments
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