World History Biographies: Gandhi
  • Published: 11 September 2007
  • ISBN: 9781426301322
  • Imprint: National Geographic
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 64
  • RRP: $16.99

World History Biographies: Gandhi

The Young Protester Who Founded a Nation

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These short biographies take a visual approach, using photographs and archival objects to tell a life story. Biography reading is a central component of elementary school education, and both teachers and parents prefer paperback biographies for school reports.

A shy, serious boy, Mahatma Gandhi would later lead India to nationhood and change the course of history. After studying law in London, he championed Indian rights in South Africa for two decades. He returned to India in 1914, leading a campaign of nonviolent protest and civil disobedience against British rule. Philip Wilkinson's lively narrative takes us through his remarkable life, up to India's independence in 1947, and the tragic conclusion; in 1948 Gandhi was assassinated by a fanatic opposed to his program of tolerance for all creeds and religions.
  • Published: 11 September 2007
  • ISBN: 9781426301322
  • Imprint: National Geographic
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 64
  • RRP: $16.99
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  • "These handsomely designed books present the lives and accomplishments of powerful leaders...Volumes are illustrated with maps and many colorful photographs of art and sculpture that give substance to years long past." --School Library Journal.
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