An American in Khadi

September 1st, 2008

An American In Khadi

Author
Asha Sharma

Cover artist
Brij Raj Goel

Country
India

Language
English

Genre(s)
Biography

Publisher
Penguin Books

Publication date
1999

Pages
426

ISBN
ISBN 0-14-028509-1

An American In Khadi:The Definitive Biography of Satyanand Stokes (ISBN 0-14-028509-1) is a book about Satyananda Stokes by his granddaughter, Asha Sharma in 1999.

The book details Stokes’ life from his journey to India as a missionary in 1904 and ascetic and follows through to his marriage to his wife, and adoption of a life as a householder and his introduction of the “American Delicious” variety of apples into Himachal Pradesh and his acceptance as one of the local people, till his death in 1946.

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