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Miracle on Second Avenue: Hare Krishna Arrives in the West: New York, San
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Miracle on Second Avenue: Hare Krishna Arrives in the West: New York, San Francisco, and London: 1966-1969 Hardcover - 2011

by Mukunda Goswami


From the publisher

Miracle on Second Avenue is a short, carefully researched documentary book written in a you-are-there style, that catalogs the start and growth of the Hare Krishna movement. Miracle on Second Avenue won the 2012 National Indie Excellence Award for Biography. The work is a memoir of Mukunda Goswami, one of the pioneers of the religious group that is now known throughout the world formally as the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON). Miracle is a series of historical events that include the movement's founder, A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami, and his interactions on two continents with the author over the three-year period from August 1966 until December 1969.

Details

  • Title Miracle on Second Avenue: Hare Krishna Arrives in the West: New York, San Francisco, and London: 1966-1969
  • Author Mukunda Goswami
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Pages 435
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Torchlight Publications
  • Date 2011-09
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780981727349 / 0981727344
  • Weight 2.05 lbs (0.93 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.4 x 6.2 x 1.5 in (23.88 x 15.75 x 3.81 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects International Society for Krishna, International Society for Krishna
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2010044609
  • Dewey Decimal Code 294.551

About the author

Mukunda Goswami, writer, editor, researcher, one of the earliest members of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, and one of the first Western students of the movement's founder, A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami, has lectured in thirty-eight countries, and published many newspaper and magazine articles. Author and co-author of several books, he now resides in Australia, where he continues to write.