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Three cups of tea : Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin. one man's mission to promote peace... one school at a time /

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Penguin Books, 2006.Description: 338 p., [17] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 0670034827
  • 9780670034826
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • LC2330  .M67 2006
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Contents:
One man's campaign to build schools in the most dangerous, remote, and anti-American reaches of Asia: in 1993 Greg Mortenson was an American mountain-climbing bum wandering emaciated and lost through Pakistan's Karakoram. After he was taken in and nursed back to health by the people of a Pakistani village, he promised to return one day and build them a school. From that rash, earnest promise grew one of the most incredible humanitarian campaigns of our time--Mortenson's one-man mission to counteract extremism by building schools, especially for girls, throughout the breeding ground of the Taliban. In a region where Americans are often feared and hated, he has survived kidnapping, fatwas issued by enraged mullahs, death threats, and wrenching separations from his wife and children. But his success speaks for itself--at last count, his Central Asia Institute had built fifty-five schools.--From publisher description.
Item type: Children's Collection
Holdings
Current library Collection Call number Vol info Status Date due Barcode
Judith Thomas Library Children's Collection Children's Collection LC 2330 .M67 2006 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) AUA016782 Available AUA016782

One man's campaign to build schools in the most dangerous, remote, and anti-American reaches of Asia: in 1993 Greg Mortenson was an American mountain-climbing bum wandering emaciated and lost through Pakistan's Karakoram. After he was taken in and nursed back to health by the people of a Pakistani village, he promised to return one day and build them a school. From that rash, earnest promise grew one of the most incredible humanitarian campaigns of our time--Mortenson's one-man mission to counteract extremism by building schools, especially for girls, throughout the breeding ground of the Taliban. In a region where Americans are often feared and hated, he has survived kidnapping, fatwas issued by enraged mullahs, death threats, and wrenching separations from his wife and children. But his success speaks for itself--at last count, his Central Asia Institute had built fifty-five schools.--From publisher description.