The Force Born of Truth: Mohandas Gandhi and the Salt March, India, 1930

by Betsy Kuhn

Book Overview

Gandhi's Salt March united all Indians in peaceful protest for independence. Yet British forces met them with violence and imprisonment. In this story of India's struggle for freedom, we'll learn how Gandhi's philosophy of nonviolent action overpowered the British government. And we'll witness how Gandhi's actions influenced civil rights movements around the world.

"With this salt, I am rocking the foundations of an Empire."―Mohandas...

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822589680
• ISBN13: 9780822589686
• Release Date: August 2010
• Publisher: Twenty-First Century Books (Tm)
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.4" x 8.5"
• Age Range: 11 to 18 years
• Grade Range: Grade 6 to Postsecondary