Gandhi
By Shirer.
Description
The problem with saints is, they are not interesting. Albert Einstein's quotation about Gandhi ("Generations to come...will scarce believe that such a one as this ever in flesh and blood walked upon this earth.") is overdone. Thus William L. Shirer's contribution is a welcome breath of fresh air. He paints a man who is not only a saintly apostle on non-violence, but a shrewd politician, an impious wit, a revolutionary whose zeal was balanced by charity. Shirer, a Pulitzer Prize-winning author, became a personal friend of Mahatma Gandhi when he covered the independenc...
ISBN(s)
0671638815, 9780671638818
