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 Tea is at once an unforgettable adventure and the inspiring true
story of how one man really is changing the world — one school at a time.
“Three Cups of Tea is one of the most remarkable adventure stories of our time.
Greg Mortenson’s dangerous and difficult quest to build schools in the wildest
parts of Pakistan and Afghanistan is not only a thrilling read, it’s proof that
one ordinary person, with the right combination of character and determination,
really can change the world.” —Tom Brokaw
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.