Vegetarian Autobiographies/Biographies

[Pendrench]

Hello -

I was wondering if anyone could suggest an autobiography (or biography) about a vegetarian (and how they became a vegetarian).

Thanks.

Tim

PS We're right in the middle of a blizzard (we live in Maryland) so I apologize if someone posts a suggestion and I don't respond right away (since we've already lost power a couple of times today).

[iris27]

1. John Robbins' "Diet for a New America" is about a lot more than his life, but

does tell about how he became a vegetarian (and as the son of the founder of the Baskin-Robbins ice cream chain no less!).

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[MineralMan]

2. I wonder if there's enough in becoming a vegetarian to warrant

a biography or autobiography. I'm sure there are biographies of people who did other notable thing and were vegetarians, but I'm just not sure how interesting a biography that was just about the author's vegetarianism would make much of a read. Check biographies of Gandhi, for example.

[bananas]

3. What kind of people?

Alicia Silverstone's book got a lot of attention.

http://www.amazon.com/Kind-Diet-Simple-Feeling-Losing/dp/1605296449

In The Kind Diet, actress, activist, and committed conservationist Alicia Silverstone shares the insights that encouraged her to swear off meat and dairy forever, and outlines the spectacular benefits of adopting a plant-based diet, from effortless weight loss to clear skin, off-the-chart energy, and smooth digestion. She explains how meat, fish, milk, and cheese—the very foods we’ve been taught to regard as the cornerstone of good nutrition—are actually the culprits behind escalating rates of disease and the cause of dire, potentially permanent damage to our ecology.

She talks about it at Kepler's Bookstore: http://fora.tv/2009/10/19/The_Kind_Diet_Alicia_Silverstone
Her website: http://www.thekindlife.com/

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[Demoiselle]

4. George Bernard Shaw was a vegetarian. There's a lot of stuff about him out there.

I just googled him...here's a quote:


"Think of the fierce energy concentrated in an acorn! You bury it in the ground, and it explodes into an oak!
Bury a sheep, and nothing happens but decay." ~George Bernard Shaw

[bananas]

7. Bertrand Russell was another. nt

[Pendrench]

5. Thanks for all the comments and suggestions.

The reason I asked the question in the first place was because I'm currently reading a book called "The Butcher and the Vegetarian: One Woman's Romp through a World of Men, Meat, and Moral Crisis" by Tara Austen Weaver. I haven't finished the book yet, but it tells the story of a vegetarian who (for health reasons) begins to eat meat. So I was curious if there were any books from the other perspective (a meat eater who becomes a vegetarian).

Thanks again -

Tim

[bananas]

6. self-delete.

Read your question wrong.

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