Cover of Gandhi by Stanley Wolpert, a biography set in India for ages 8-12

Gandhi

by Stanley Wolpert

Age Group: 8-12
Region: India
Categories: Biographies
Reading Format: Chapter-Books

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“Joseph Alter argues, that Gandhi has not been completely understood by biographers and political scholars, and in Gandhi’s Body he undertakes a reevaluation of the Mahatma’s life and thought. In his revisionist and iconoclastic approach, Alter moves away from the usual focus on nonviolence, peace, and social reform and takes seriously what most scholars who have studied Gandhi tend to ignore: Gandhi’s pre-occupation with sex, his obsession with diet reform, and his vehement advocacy for…