An American In Khadi

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An American in Khadi

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.