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Paperback Scouting For Boys 1908 Version (Legacy Edition): The Original First Handbook That Started The Global Boy Scout Movement Book

ISBN: 1643890603

ISBN13: 9781643890609

Scouting For Boys 1908 Version (Legacy Edition): The Original First Handbook That Started The Global Boy Scout Movement

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The Very First Boy Scout Handbook from 1908

This deluxe, unabridged reprint Legacy Edition of Robert Baden-Powell's 1908 Scouting For Boys is the very first manual for boy scouts, which kicked off the global scout movement First published in the UK for British boy scouts, BP's handbook provides the blueprint for the first scouts and inspired scout organizations in America, Canada, and other countries across the world.

This handbook was first published as 6 small pamphlets that were released every two weeks. This reprint Legacy Edition is an unabridged facsimile of first version of Scouting for Boys that was bound in book form in 1908. Included within this Legacy Edition are the 6 original pamphlets, exactly as they appeared within the first book-bound version that collected the pamphlets to form the first edition Scouting For Boys. This Legacy Edition features the cleanest optical scanning and professional photo remastering for the most pristine reading experience possible, while retaining the original format and character of the original text.

Included within these pages are BP's suggestions for what make a good scout in his newly formed organization, including outdoors life, lifesaving and first aid, animal and nature lore, hiking and navigation, games, personal fitness, emergency response and service to community, organizing patrols and troops, chivalrous action, patriotism, and citizenship,

Enjoy your copy of Scouting For Boys for its historical record of the very first days of the boy scout movement. Some material, of course, is past its time. However, most of the material is timeless Perhaps you may even learn an old skill or two.

This book makes a perfect gift for scouts and scout leaders, outsoorspeople, campers, hunters, bushcrafters, and historians. This book represents the rich history of the boy and girl scouts, and belongs on the bookshelf of every scout and scout leader

A part of the Library of American Outdoors Classics: Volume 18

This Doublebit Legacy Edition reprint of Scouting For Boys 1908 Version is professionally restored and presented from the original source with the highest degree of fidelity possible. Available in both paperback and hardcover, readers can enjoy this Legacy Edition for generations to come and learn from its timeless knowledge for years to come.

About the Doublebit Press Library of American Outdoors Classics

Sometimes we need to remember our history to move forward. Sometimes, remembering our heritage is just fun or inspirational. With technology playing a major role in everyday life, sometimes we need to take a step back in time to find those basic building blocks used for gaining mastery - the things that we have luckily not completely lost and has been recorded in books over the last two centuries. These skills aren't forgotten, they've just been shelved. It's time to unshelve them once again and reclaim the lost knowledge of self-sufficiency

As a part of the Doublebit Press Library of American Outdoors Classics, this unabridged Legacy Edition volume is reprinted in the exact form as it was presented in the original publication. Both important and minor details have equally both been accounted for by our publishing staff, down to the cover, font, layout, and images. It is the goal of Doublebit Legacy Edition series to preserve outdoors heritage, but also be cherished as collectible pieces, worthy of collection in any outdoorsperson's library and that can be passed to future generations.

Customer Reviews

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Be Prepared... for a great, refreshing book.

Some of the information in this book may now be out of fashion and sometimes wrong, it is a great pleasure to read "Scouting for Boys". The ideals defended by B.P.: courage, generosity and compassion are as much a necessity today as they were a hundred years ago, when that book was first published. The idea of an active, "hands on" education still find its echo in today's most recent education innovations. Of course, the key message lies in the the initials of the author: Be Prepared!

Excellent if you skip the intro

This original text of BP's "Scouting for Boys" is an excellent read. You can skip the introduction, however. The intro is a steaming pile of horse excrement written by someone seething with contempt for BP and the Boy Scout movement. Why it was included with the book is beyond me unless it's to provide bum fodder whilst camping. Remember, a scout is thrifty!

"The British Empire wants your help"

At the very beginning of the twentieth century, retired General Robert Baden-Powell, the hero of the siege of Mafeking, coalesced his ideas for an organization to train young British boys in scouting for the British Empire. Not a very organized thinker, Baden-Powell borrowed heavily from all sorts of unrelated resources - newspaper articles, military dispatches, fiction, and much more - and produced this, his first book on scouting. Originally published as six separate books, this book brings all of them together, complete with original illustrations.Now, as might be expected from its roots, this book reflects a lot of the biases and ways of thinking from Edwardian England. But, leaving that aside, this is a fun and interesting book that shows clearly the forms that have stayed with the Boy Scouts movement to this very day. The introduction was written by Elleke Boehmer, a professor of Colonial and Postcolonial literature, and is a fairly predictable deconstruction/analysis of B-P and his movement.Now, as a newcomer to Scouting (my son is a Tenderfoot) did I find anything useful in this book? I sure did. Robert Baden-Powell was very knowledgeable about the subject, and this book sure shows it. (I never thought of tying my shoes like that!) Of course some of the information is out of date, especially the first-aid information, so it isn't really usable by the boys "as is." But, this is a nice resource, one that shows you where Scouting started.Oh, and I must say that I actually enjoyed the somewhat jumbled organization of this book. It isn't as scholarly and antiseptic as modern Boy Scout books, and the stories and tales laced throughout make the reading much more fun. Plus, I did find the focus on some subjects, such as logic and deductive reasoning, to be quite interesting. I loved this book, and highly recommend it to you!

A Book That Changed The World

This book is the basic foundation of the largest youth organisation in the history of the world and has been printed in more editions and languages than most other books apart from the Christion Bible. It was designed to be read by young people and to motivate them to develop all of their skills. It continues to be a major force in motivating young people to prepare to be active citizens in society. However it also contains simple truths for adults on the nature of young people and how best to help them learn and to achieve their full potential. It is required reading for adults educating or working with young people. Read it, enjoy it and then come join Scouting.

A good guide to life

This book is a great read, and although it was written some 92 years ago the basic message is as true today as it was then, And as it said in the first edition "Handbook for Instruction in Good Citizenship" still applies, so read it and apply the ideas for a better world.
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