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The Resource Three cups of tea : one man's mission to fight terrorism and build nations-- one school at a time, Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin

Three cups of tea : one man's mission to fight terrorism and build nations-- one school at a time, Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin

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Three cups of tea : one man's mission to fight terrorism and build nations-- one school at a time
Title
Three cups of tea
Title remainder
one man's mission to fight terrorism and build nations-- one school at a time
Statement of responsibility
Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin
Title variation
  • 3 cups of tea
  • One man's mission to promote peace one school at a time
  • Three cups of tea
Title variation remainder
one mans mission to fight terrorism and build nations-- one school at a time
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Contributor
Subject
Language
eng
Summary
One man's campaign to build schools in the most dangerous, remote, and anti-American reaches of Asia: in 1993 Greg Mortenson was an American mountain-climbing bum wandering emaciated and lost through Pakistan's Karakoram. After he was taken in and nursed back to health by the people of a Pakistani village, he 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--Mortenson's one-man mission to counteract extremism by building schools, especially for girls, throughout the breeding ground of the Taliban. In a region where Americans are often feared and hated, he has survived kidnapping, fatwas issued by enraged mullahs, 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.--From publisher description
Tone
Award
Kiriyama Prize for Nonfiction, 2007.
Biography type
contains biographical information
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172095
Cataloging source
DLC
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Mortenson, Greg
Dewey number
371.82209549
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • maps
  • plates
Index
no index present
Interest level
UG
LC call number
LC2330
LC item number
.M67 2006
Literary form
non fiction
Reading level
8.2
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
Relin, David Oliver
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True
Study program name
Accelerated Reader AR
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  • Mortenson, Greg
  • Girls' schools
  • Girls' schools
  • Humanitarian assistance, American
  • Humanitarian assistance, American
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one man's mission to fight terrorism and build nations-- one school at a time
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Three cups of tea : one man's mission to fight terrorism and build nations-- one school at a time, Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin
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Publication
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
590435
Dimensions
25 cm
Extent
338 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
Isbn
9780670034826
Lccn
2005043466
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other control number
9780670034826
Other physical details
illustrations, maps
System control number
(Sirsi) i9780670034826
Label
Three cups of tea : one man's mission to fight terrorism and build nations-- one school at a time, Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin
Publication
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
590435
Dimensions
25 cm
Extent
338 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
Isbn
9780670034826
Lccn
2005043466
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other control number
9780670034826
Other physical details
illustrations, maps
System control number
(Sirsi) i9780670034826

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