2008 Summer Reading Program

Three Cups of Tea

by Greg Mortenson & David Oliver Relin

Three Cups of Tea is one mountaineer’s (Greg Mortenson) story on how after trying and failing to climb K2, he came upon a destitute Pakistan village in the Karakoram Mountains. Motivated by the people’s benevolences, he made a commitment to return and erect a school. Three Cups of Tea is the account of one man fulfilling a promise made to an indigenous people and its remarkable result.

Author Biography

Greg Mortenson is the director of the Central Asia Institute. A former mountaineer and military veteran, he spends several months each year building schools in Pakistan and Afghanistan. He lives in Montana with his wfie and two children.

David Oliver Relin is a globe-trotting journalist who has won more than forty national awards for his writing and editing. A former teaching/writing fellow at the Oiwa Writer's Workshop, he is a frequent contributor to Parade and Skiing Magazine. He lives in Portland, Oregon.

Taken from htttp://www.penguin.com

Related Links of Interests

http://www.threecupsoftea.com/

For more information on the Summer Reading Program, contact Hillary Robson (hrobson@mtsu.edu) or the Academic Support Center at (615) 898-2339.