Life of Mahatma Gandhi - Softcover
This is a biography of Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948). He led the fight for Indian independence from British rule, who tirelessly pursued a strategy of passive resistance, and who was assassinated by a Hindu fanatic only a few months after independence was achieved.
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About the Author:
Louis Fischer was born in Philadelphia in 1896. After a period as a school teacher, he served as a volunteer in the British Army between 1918 and 1920. Fischer made a career as a journalist, and worked in Europe and Asia from 1921 onwards. He wrote for the New York Times, the Saturday Review and for European and Asian publications, reporting on events in Russia, Spain and India, among other countries. The author of numerous books, chiefly on political topics, he was a member of the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton and was a member of the faculty of Princeton University. Louis Fischer died in 1970.
Review:
"The best biography of Gandhi... I was enthralled from the first page...it changed my life" Sir Richard Attenborough "A monumental yet intimate biography, a vivid portrait of the man, the statesman and the saint" The Times "An important work" London Review of Books "Generous and conscientious... You feel Gandhi would have liked it that way" New York Herald Tribune "Equally successful in presenting the world figure with a cure for the world's woes and the plain little man with the kind look and smile" The Times
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- PublisherMacmillan Pub Co
- ISBN 10 002002830X
- ISBN 13 9780020028307
- BindingPaperback
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