Greg Mortenson has generated a global status like a selfless humanitarian and children’s crusader, and he’s been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. He is also not really what he appears to be. As acclaimed writer Jon Krakauer discovered, Mortenson has not only fabricated significant parts of his bestselling books Three Cups of Tea and Stones into Universities, but has also misused millions of dollars donated by unsuspecting admirers like Krakauer himself.

This is actually the tragic tale of good intentions gone very wrong.

100% of Jon Krakauer’s proceeds from the sale of Three Cups of Deceit will be donated to the ‘Stop Girl Trafficking’ task in the American Himalayan Foundation (www.himalayan-foundation.org/live/project/stopgirltrafficking).

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