Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Fight Terrorism and Build Nations-- One School at a Time
- ISBN-10
- 0670034827
- ISBN-13
- 9780670034826
- Series
- Three Cups of Tea
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 338
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2006
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Authors
- Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin
Description
Traces how the author, having been rescued and resuscitated by Himalayan villagers after a failed attempt to climb K2, worked to build schools that would particularly benefit the young girls who were forbidden an education by Taliban restrictions, an endeavor for which his life has been repeatedly threatened. 40,000 first printing.
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