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

by Mortenson, Greg; Relin, David Oliver

• ISBN13: 9780670034826
• ISBN10: 0670034827
• eBook ISBN(s): 9781101147085
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-03-02
• Publisher: Viking Adult

Summary

The inspiring account of one man’s campaign to build schools in the most dangerous, remote, and anti- American reaches of Asia In 1993 Greg Mortenson was the exhausted survivor of a failed attempt to ascend K2, an American climbing bum wandering emaciated and lost through Pakistan’s Karakoram Himalaya. After he was taken in and nursed back to health by the people of an impoverished Pakistani village, Mortenson 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—Greg 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. In pursuit of his goal, Mortenson has survived kidnapping, fatwas issued by enraged mullahs, repeated 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. Three Cups of Teais at once an unforgettable adventure and the inspiring true story of how one man really is changing the world—one school at a time.

Author Biography

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.

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION IN MR. MORTENSON'S ORBIT	1	(6)
CHAPTER 1 FAILURE	7	(10)
CHAPTER 2 THE WRONG SIDE OF THE RIVER	17	(10)
CHAPTER 3 "PROGRESS AND PERFECTION"	27	(7)
CHAPTER 4 SELF-STORAGE	34	(13)
CHAPTER 5 580 LETTERS, ONE CHECK	47	(10)
CHAPTER 6 RAWALPINDI'S ROOFTOPS AT DUSK	57	(13)
CHAPTER 7 HARD WAY HOME	70	(13)
CHAPTER 8 BEATEN BY THE BRALDU	83	(15)
CHAPTER 9 THE PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN	98	(10)
CHAPTER 10 BUILDING BRIDGES	108	(17)
CHAPTER 11 SIX DAYS	125	(11)
CHAPTER 12 HAJI ALT'S LESSON	136	(18)
CHAPTER 13 SMILE SHOULD BE MORE THAN A MEMORY"	154	(20)
CHAPTER 14 EQUILIBRIUM	174	(10)
CHAPTER 15 MORTENSON IN MOTION	184	(14)
CHAPTER 16 RED VELVET Box	198	(13)
CHAPTER 17 CHERRY TREES IN THE SAND	211	(14)
CHAPTER 18 SHROUDED FIGURE	225	(16)
CHAPTER 19 A VILLAGE CALLED NEW YORK	241	(20)
CHAPTER 20 TEA WITH THE TALIBAN	261	(17)
CHAPTER 21 RUMSFELD'S SHOES	278	(19)
CHAPTER 22 "THE ENEMY IS IGNORANCE"	297	(17)
CHAPTER 23 STONES INTO SCHOOLS	314	(19)
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS	333