The life of Mahatma Gandhi / by Louis Fischer

Includes index.

PART I : THE END AND THE BEGINNING : Death before prayers -- The beginnings of an extraordinary man -- 'M. K. Gandhi, attorney-at-law' -- Gandhi and the Gita -- Indian interlude -- Toward greatness -- A mob scene-- Gandhi goes to war -- The transformation begins -- 11 September, 1906 -- Gandhi goes to jail -- Letter to a son -- Tolstoy and Gandhi -- The shape of things to come -- The victory -- PART II : GANDHI IN INDIA : Home in India -- 'Sit down, Gandhi' -- Children of god -- Indigo -- First fast -- Goat's milk -- The history of British rule in India -- Murder -- Gandhi enters politics -- Gandhi's Families -- Operation and fast -- Funds and jewels -- The 'silent' year -- Collapse -- Prologue -- Drama at the Seashore -- Parleys with the rebel -- On the way home -- Climax without politics -- Descent into war -- Winston S. Churchill versus Mohandas K. Gandhi -- My week with Gandhi -- Will-power -- Jinnah and Gandhi -- PART III : THE BIRTH OF TWO NATIONS : On the eve of independence -- India in suspense -- Gandhi revisited -- Pilgrim's progress -- Asia's message to the west -- Tragic Victory -- Gandhi hoes his garden -- The future of India -- The last fast -- The last act