Three Cups of Tea...Mostly Lies??

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Just read about how Jon Krakauer(sp?) is calling Gregg Mortenson out on misappropriating funds for his Afghanistan charity, and basically telling lies. I have this book on my shelf. I've read it multiple times because I thought it such a beautiful humanitarian story. I even thought of donating some money myself. I feel sick.

editing because in my grief I didn't realize y'alls were talking about it in the literary hoaxes thread...see y'all there!

[koshergrit]

Apr 19, 2011 18:30:11 GMT -4 @eleanorrumming said:

Just read about how Jon Krakauer(sp?) is calling Gregg Mortenson out on misappropriating funds for his Afghanistan charity, and basically telling lies. I have this book on my shelf. I've read it multiple times because I thought it such a beautiful humanitarian story. I even thought of donating some money myself. I feel sick.

editing because in my grief I didn't realize y'alls were talking about it in the literary hoaxes thread...see y'all there!

I read this book and its sequel. Now I feel like: .

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So glad I never read this, it sounded fishy from the get-go to me.

[Sunnyhorse]

Let's go ahead and lock this sucker in favor of the plagiarism thread ...