Greg Mortenson

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

Buch

The astonishing, uplifting story of a real-life Indiana Jones and his humanitarian campaign to use education to combat terrorism in the Taliban's backyardAnyone who despairs of the individual's power to change lives has to read the story of Greg Mortenson, a homeless mountaineer who, following a 1993 climb of Pakistan's treacherous K2, was inspired by a chance encounter with impoverished mountain villagers and promised to build them a school. Over the next decade he built fifty-five schools-especially for girls-that offer a balanced education in one of the most isolated and dangerous regions on earth. As it chronicles Mortenson's quest, which… Mehr

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Produktdetails

Weitere Autoren: Relin, David Oliver

ISBN: 978-0-14-303825-2
EAN: 9780143038252
Produktnummer: 2509499
Verlag: Penguin Group
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2007
Seitenangabe: 349 S.
Masse: H21.3 cm x B13.9 cm x D2.1 cm 349 g
Gewicht: 349
Sonstiges: Ab 18 J.

Über den Autor

Greg Mortenson is the director of the Central Asia Institute. A resident of Montana, he spends several months of the year in Pakistan and Afghanistan. David Oliver Relin is a contributing editor for Parade magazine and Skiing magazine. He has won more than forty national awards for his work as a writer and editor.