Gandhi
A Memoir

Name: Gandhi
Brand: Blackstone Audiobooks
Availability: InStock
Author: William L. Shirer
ISBN: 9781094112541

Author: William L. Shirer

Narrator: John Lescault

Unabridged: 8 hr 10 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Blackstone Publishing

Published: 05/26/2020

Categories: Nonfiction, Biography & Autobiography, Memoirs

Synopsis

At the beginning of the 1930s, historian William L. Shirer was sent to India by the Chicago Tribune to cover the rise of the Independence Movement. During this time Shirer was privileged to observe Mahatma Gandhi as he launched the civil disobedience campaign and to enjoy his personal friendship and confidence.In this fascinating memoir, Shirer writes perceptively and unforgettably about Gandhi’s frailties as well as his accomplishments. Despite his greatness, Gandhi was the first to admit that he was a human being with his own prejudices and peculiarities: he could be stubborn and dictatorial, yet the magnificence of the man rose above all else.Gandhi: A Memoir sheds a special light on the man who left such an indelible imprint on India and the world.

About William L. Shirer

William L. Shirer (1904–1993) was an American journalist and war correspondent. He wrote The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, a history of Nazi Germany that has been read by many and cited in scholarly works for more than fifty years and was #1 New York Times bestseller. Originally a foreign correspondent for the Chicago Tribune and the International News Service, he was the first reporter hired by Edward R. Murrow for what would become a CBS radio team of journalists known as “Murrow’s Boys.” He reported from Berlin for the Universal News Service and for CBS on the rise of the Nazis, and he covered their fall as a war correspondent. Out of these reports grew his other New York Times bestsellers Berlin Diary, The Nightmare Years, End of a Berlin Diary, Midcentury Journey, and The Collapse of the Third Republic. The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich sold more copies for the Book-of-the-Month Club than any other book in the club’s history.

About John Lescault

Patrick Cullen (a.k.a. John Lescault), a native of Massachusetts, is a graduate of the Catholic University of America. He lives in Washington, DC, where he works in theater.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Erik on January 11, 2013

I became very interested in Gandhi during high school. Revolution was in the air, had been in the air throughout the post-war period, since before my birth, but it had come home by the time I entered secondary school. The enormity of the unnecessary suffering in the world was staggering and my count......more

Goodreads review by Doug on June 02, 2020

I've had this paperback for a while, not sure where I found it -- but I picked it up while recovering from covid-19 and was completely engrossed. In the early 1930s, William Shirer was a reporter for the Chicago Tribune who was covering the turbulent rise of fascism in Europe when he was dispatched......more

Goodreads review by Appu on February 21, 2022

William Shirer is today remembered as the author of the monumental book, "The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich". However before he moved to Europe to cover the war looming in the horizon, he was the India correspondent of the Chicago Tribune. He came to cover the Gandhi Irwin talks of the early 30s......more

Goodreads review by Jefferson on July 18, 2024

Given the author’s other books and his work experience give him a qualified position to write about Ghandi. I walk away from this book wishing that another person such as Ghandi existed in today’s world. We seem to be growing more divided and seeking shouting and even violent means to achieve the th......more

Goodreads review by Mbuye on August 13, 2023

So far as personal memoirs go, Shirer's 'Gandhi' is an honest appraisal of a man who had already achieved, in the eyes – and minds and hearts – of his countrymen, a god-like stature. The Shirer who himself achieved iconic levels of journalism in 'The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich' saw Gandhi at a......more

Quotes

“[Gandhi: A Memoir] recaptures the novelty of his approach and the magnitude of his appeal…Shirer also witnessed British discomfiture at Gandhi’s arrival—complete with loin cloth, spinning wheel, and goat’s milk…and heard him address Lancashire mill hands thrown out of work by the Indian boycott of British cotton. And he saw him at home, subsisting on four-hours’ sleep and ‘frenzied acclaim’…[Will] impress upon latecomers the worldwide force of Gandhi’s example.” Kirkus Reviews