{"product_id":"3200-an-american-in-khadi","title":"An American in Khadi","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Asha Sharma\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Penguin\u003cbr\u003eYear: 1999\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003ePages: 426\u003cbr\u003eISBN\/UPC (if available): 0140285091\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Description\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA warm and moving portrait of a remarkable American who made India his home.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSatyanand (Samuel Evans) Stokes is remembered today chiefly for the manner in which he transformed the economy of the Simla Hills of Himachal Pradesh by introducing the Delicious variety of apples into the region.  But this was only one of the many facets of a fascinating life, now almost forgotten outside his adopted village.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStokes arrived in the Simla Hills in 1904, barely twenty-one years of age, to work at the leper home there, having left behind a prosperous family and a promising future in Philadelphia.  In his early years he lived a life of absolute poverty, working with the diseased and the dying, and even formed his own order of Franciscan friars.  A few years later, though, he chose the life of a householder, marrying a local Pahari girl, and eventually converted to Hinduism.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor the rest of his life he lived by the rules of the local community of Kotgarh, the village he made his own.  Through all this he fought injustice and exploitation wherever he saw it, the most notable examples of which were his long and hard campaign against the practice of begar or 'impressed labor' prevalent in the hills, and the active role he played in the freedom struggle which resulted in his being jailed by the British along with other prominent leaders of the Independence movement.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrawing upon oral history and extensive interviews, upon Stokes' books and journals and the numerous letters he exchanged with his family and friends and luminaries like Gandhi, Lala Lajpat Rai and C F Andrews, the author Asha Sharma has recreated a life of rare integrity and conviction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMap\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePrologue\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA Journey of No Return\u003cbr\u003eThe Quest Begins\u003cbr\u003eThe Ascetic\u003cbr\u003eVisit Home\u003cbr\u003eThe Brotherhood in India\u003cbr\u003eAlternate path\u003cbr\u003eAn Inner Struggle\u003cbr\u003eHome At Last-A Family Man\u003cbr\u003eWar on Two Fronts\u003cbr\u003eFor the Rights of Men – Begar\u003cbr\u003eJoining the Freedom Struggle\u003cbr\u003eThe Fight Continues\u003cbr\u003eIn Khadi \u003cbr\u003eFollowing the National Trail\u003cbr\u003eArrest and Trial \u003cbr\u003eGuest of the British Empire\u003cbr\u003eDebates with Gandhi: Test of Friendship\u003cbr\u003eJohnny Appleseed of the Himalayas\u003cbr\u003eA School in My Garden\u003cbr\u003eCame to Teach and Stayed to learn\u003cbr\u003eSatyakamvadi\u003cbr\u003eThe Burdens Increase\u003cbr\u003eMarketing the Fruits of Labour \u003cbr\u003eWorld War II and After\u003cbr\u003eThe Vedantist\u003cbr\u003eEventide\u003cbr\u003eEpilogue\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAppendix I\u003cbr\u003eAppendix II\u003cbr\u003eAppendix III\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNotes Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The India Club","offers":[{"title":"Asha Sharma \/ Penguin \/ Paperback","offer_id":40776633057449,"sku":"3200","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0582\/1048\/4393\/products\/2991_32022e9c-e5cc-4398-9e27-078470b1e80f.jpg?v=1625528750","url":"https:\/\/indiaclub.com\/de\/products\/3200-an-american-in-khadi","provider":"The India Club","version":"1.0","type":"link"}