Playing the Game: A Baden-Powell Compendium for Scouts Old and Young - Softcover
Drawing on Baden-Powell's extensive archive, Playing the Game is a rich and evocative selection of his writings, on peace - a major theme throughout his career and the theme of the 2007 centenary celebrations, on his own life, from his wonderfull idiosyncratic anecdotal autobiography and includes a healthy sprinkling of some of BP's more memorable aphorisms, such as ‘I don’t mind confessing I have a weakness for hippos' and 'The man who holds the average boy’s attention for more than seven minutes is a genius', not to mention 'Knowledge without character is mere pie-crust'.
Imbued with a strong sense of the splendour and the old-school Empire feel of Baden-Powell’s work, Playing the Game offers a dazzling window into a world that’s gone, but whose legacy remains alive, not least in the 28 million members of the Scouts Association
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'Baden Powell's writings reveal kindness behind the stiff upper
lip...you cannot but admire his rare blend of idealism and pragmatism.' -- The Herald (Glasgow)
'The thoughts of the founder of the Scout movement reveal a world
gone by.' -- The Times Magazine
'This cheerful anthology of B-P's writings redeems the great man's
fusty uncool image.' -- The Times
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lip...you cannot but admire his rare blend of idealism and pragmatism.' -- The Herald (Glasgow)
'The thoughts of the founder of the Scout movement reveal a world
gone by.' -- The Times Magazine
'This cheerful anthology of B-P's writings redeems the great man's
fusty uncool image.' -- The Times
A highly entertaining anthology drawn from the writings of the founder of the Scout movement, originally published to tie-in with the yearlong celebrations of the centenary of scouting, now available in paperback
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- PublisherPan Books
- Publication date2008
- ISBN 10 033044235X
- ISBN 13 9780330442350
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages448
- EditorSica Mario
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Book Description Cloth. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Playing the Game First edition-first printing(1 3 5 7 9 8 6 4 2).Green hardback(silver lettering to the spine,good priceclipped jacket: A Baden-Powell Compendium by Lord Robert Baden-Powell Edited By Mario Sica price clipped.Drawing on Baden-Powell's extensive archive, "Playing the Game" is a rich and evocative selection of his writings, on peace - a major theme throughout his career and the theme of the 2007 centenary celebrations, on his own life, from his wonderfull idiosyncratic anecdotal autobiography and includes a healthy sprinkling of some of BP's more memorable aphorisms, such as 'I don't mind confessing I have a weakness for hippos' and 'The man who holds the average boy's attention for more than seven minutes is a genius', not to mention 'Knowledge without character is mere pie-crust'. Imbued with a strong sense of the splendour and the old-school Empire feel of Baden-Powell's work, "Playing the Game" offers a dazzling window into a world that's gone, but whose legacy remains alive, not least in the 28 million members of the Scouts Association. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Academic Literature.). Seller Inventory # 081510
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