An Autobiography: The Story of My Experiments With Truth [Hardcover]

Mahatma Gandhi (Author)

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ISBN-10: 0934676402 | ISBN-13: 978-0934676403 | Publication Date: June 1927

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born in India in 1869. He was educated in London. In 1915 he returned to British-controlled India, bringing to a country in the throes of independence his commitment to non-violent change. Written in the 1920s, this autobiography tells of his struggles and his inspirations; a statement of an extraordinary life.

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Mohandas Gandhi was born in Western India in 1869. After studying law in London and living in South Africa for many years, he returned to India in 1915, where he spent the rest of his life campaigning for India's independence and promoting his fundamental principles of truth and non-violence. He died in 1948. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Hardcover
• Publisher: Greenleaf Books (June 1927)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0934676402
• ISBN-13: 978-0934676403
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,873,201 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent autobiography of the great man of this century, January 27, 1999

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This review is from: An Autobiography: The Story of My Experiments With Truth (Hardcover)

A book which influenced the way I think and view life. There is no other book of its kind. An autobiography of a man who defeated an empire with his non-vilence and without a blood shed. Great reading and very moving for all those who love truth and humanity

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Extraordinary Book Written by an Extraordinary Man, March 5, 2009

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This review is from: An Autobiography or The Story of my Experiments with Truth (mobi) (Kindle Edition)

An Autobiography or The Story of my Experiments with Truth by Mohandas K. Gandhi. Published by MobileReference (mobi).

This book tells of Mr. Gandhi's early life, something most biographies skip choosing to focus on his life in India. Great historical detail of colonial India, living in England and South Africa. A must read for anyone interested in Mr. Gandhi or that period of history. A very spiritually uplifting book.

5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Gandhi's Autobiography, September 8, 2002

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Jasleen Matharu - See all my reviews

This review is from: An Autobiography: The Story of My Experiments with Truth (Hardcover)

This would be a challenging read for readers not familiar with the Indian history. Readers who want to read about life of Gandhi will also find this book incomplete since it was published in 1927 and he continued to live for over two decades after that. Most of his more important work was done after 1927. Nonetheless, this is a good insight into Gandhi, the man rather than Gandhi, the public figure.

Gandhi speaks of his evolution into a public figure and his personal experiments. Reader will find contradicting aspects in his personality as he tries to be modest yet appears to be self-glorifying; he ends up compromising the quality of writing. Much of the book is about his experiments with his diet and thus becomes a bit repetitive (and some of the information is quite unnecessary). It can also be a bit confusing since it does not conform to the chronologic pattern as he seems to be jumping time with some of his chapters. He does not give dates at most places making the read more inconvenient. The reader is expected to be familiar with some of his major works and movements thus are not provided a background.

This autobiography reads more like a personal journal than a text. For people who want a broad picture of his life I suggest that you consider a biography by a different author.