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Another book I was recently sad to learn was at fabricated is The Salt Path, which was great but apparently based on lies, the author was fleeing debt and lawsu

Another book I was recently sad to learn was at fabricated is The Salt Path, which was great but apparently based on lies, the author was fleeing debt and lawsuits and stole $86,000 from their previous employer prior the walk. What is super sad is they didn't pay the people back they stole money from after their book became a best seller: https://observer.co.uk/news/national/article/the-real-salt-path-how-the-couple-behind-a-bestseller-left-a-trail-of-debt-and-deceit https://observer.co.uk/news/national/article/the-real-salt-p... It's also became a movie staring Gillian Anderson and Jason Isaacs.

IAmBroom 11mo ago
Wow. Fascinating.
dredmorbius 11mo ago
Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin similarly: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Cups_of_Tea#Controversy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Cups_of_Tea#Controversy> Specific allegations and refutations were raised by 60 Minutes and The Daily Beast: <https://web.archive.org/web/20110416212133/http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/04/15/60minutes/main20054397.shtml https://web.archive.org/web/20110416212133/http://www.cbsnew...> <https://web.archive.org/web/20110424154702/https://news.yahoo.com/s/dailybeast/20110418/ts_dailybeast/13577_mansurkhanmahsudgregmortensonisaliar https://web.archive.org/web/20110424154702/https://news.yaho...>