Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peaceà One School at a Time

Mortenson, Greg; Relin, David Oliver

ISBN 10 : 1606405802 ISBN 13 : 9781606405802

Editeur : Findaway World, 2008

Synopsis

The inspiring account of one man's campaign to build schools in the most dangerous, remote, and anti-American reaches of Asia.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

In 1993, following a failed attempt to ascend K2, Greg Mortenson was inspired by a chance encounter with impoverished mountain villagers in Pakistan and promised to 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.

Award-winning journalist David Oliver Relin has collaborated on this spellbinding account of Mortenson’s incredible accomplishments in a region where Americans are often feared and hated. Over the following decade Mortenson built not just one but fifty-five schools. Three Cups of Tea is at once an unforgettable adventure and the inspiring story of how one man really is changing the world—one school at a time.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

'Here we drink three cups of tea to do business; the first you are a stranger, the second you become a friend, and the third, you join our family, and for our family we are prepared to do anything - even die.'Haji Ali, Korphe Village Chief, Karakoram mountains, Pakistan In 1993, after a terrifying and disastrous attempt to climb K2, a mountaineer called Greg Mortenson drifted, cold and dehydrated, into an impoverished Pakistan village in the Karakoram Mountains. Moved by the inhabitants' kindness, he promised to return and build a school. Three Cups of Tea is the story of that promise and its extraordinary outcome. Over the next decade Mortenson built not just one but fifty-five schools - especially for girls - in remote villages across the forbidding and breathtaking landscape of Pakistan and Afghanistan, just as the Taliban rose to power. His story is at once a riveting adventure and a testament to the power of the humanitarian spirit.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Findaway World
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1606405802
• ISBN 13: 9781606405802
• Reliure: Lecteur digital à contenu audio pré-chargé
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible