Good non-fiction account of what one person can do to change the world for the better with determination, and at what cost to his personal life. Greg Mortenson was a mountain climber, who attempted climbing K2 in the Himalayans. The attempt failed, but he was so moved by witnessing Pakistani children being schooled in the open air and without the benefit of trained instructors that he returned to the US determined to raise the money needed to build one school. One school turned into many schools, and the account is a great reality check. We really don't know how good we have it here in the United States. A friend lent my this book this summer, knowing that I would like it. I do, and only later realized that it is an Abe book for 2009.
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