An American in Khadi

An American in Khadi

Infobox Book
name = An American In Khadi
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image_caption = An American In Khadi
author = Asha Sharma
illustrator =
cover_artist = Brij Raj Goel
country = India
language = English
series =
subject =
genre = Biography
publisher = Penguin Books
release_date = 1999
english_release_date =
media_type =
pages = 426
isbn = ISBN 0-14-028509-1
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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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