Admirers and devotees of Swami Vivekananda will be very happy to see that even after exhaustive research done by many scholars, the present author has found it possible to discover some new facts regarding Swamiji's life in Chicago. Using our present knowledge of the great Swami as his foundation, he has presented in his fascinating style his discoveries in this book.
I am the thread that runs through all these pearls, and each pearl is a religion or even a sect thereof. Such are the different pearls, and God is the thread that runs through all of them; most people, however, are entirely unconscious of it.
-Swami Vivekananda