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Three cups of tea one man's mission to promote peace ... one school at a time

Three Cups of Tea traces Mortenson's decade-long odyssey to build schools (especially for girls), throughout the region that gave birth to the Taliban and sanctuary to Al Qaeda. While he wages war with the root causes of terrorism - poverty and ignorance - Mortenson must survive kidnapping, fat...

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Main Author: Mortenson, Greg.
Other Authors: Relin, David Oliver., Lawlor, Patrick G.
Format: Audiobooks Audiobook (CD)
Language: English
Published: [Old Saybrook, CT] : Tantor Media, 2006.
Subjects:
Girls' schools > Pakistan.
Girls' schools > Afghanistan.
Humanitarian assistance, American > Pakistan.
Humanitarian assistance, American > Afghanistan.
Mountaineers > Biography.
Summary: Three Cups of Tea traces Mortenson's decade-long odyssey to build schools (especially for girls), throughout the region that gave birth to the Taliban and sanctuary to Al Qaeda. While he wages war with the root causes of terrorism - poverty and ignorance - Mortenson must survive kidnapping, fatwas issued by enraged mullahs, death threats from Americans who consider him a traitor, and wrenching separations from his family. --Container.
Item Description: Unabridged.
Physical Description: 2 sound discs (MP3 CD) (13 hours 30 mins.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Format: CD/MP3 player or PC with MP3 capable software
ISBN: 9781400152513
1400152518
Author Notes: David Oliver Relin was born in Rochester, New York on December 12, 1962. He graduated from Vassar College in 1985, and was later awarded a fellowship at the Iowa Writers' Workshop. In the 1990s, he established himself as a journalist with an interest in telling stories about people in need including articles about child soldiers and about his travels in Vietnam. He was the co-author of Three Cups of Tea with Greg Mortenson, which was published in 2006. In 2011, basic facts in the book were questioned by author Jon Krakauer and the CBS News program 60 Minutes. 60 Minutes also discovered that Mortenson's charity was spending large amounts of money on Mortenson's personal expenses and to promote the book. This caused Relin to suffer both emotionally and financially. He did not speak publicly about the charges, but he hired a lawyer to defend himself in a federal lawsuit that accused the authors and the publisher of defrauding readers. The suit was dismissed in 2012. He suffered from depression and committed suicide on November 15, 2012 at the age of 49. His book Second Suns: Two Doctors and Their Amazing Quest to Restore Sight and Save Lives was published in 2013 after his death.

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