Playing the Game: A Baden-Powell Compendium for Scouts Old and Young - Hardcover

Baden-Powell, Robert

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9781405088275: Playing the Game: A Baden-Powell Compendium for Scouts Old and Young

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ISBN 10: 1405088273 ISBN 13: 9781405088275

Publisher: Macmillan, 2007

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2007 sees the centenary of scouting and the 150th anniversary of the birth of its founder, Robert Baden-Powell. Playing the Game marks these two key anniversaries and the year-long international celebration of scouting.

Drawing on Baden-Powell's extensive archive, it is a rich and evocative selection of his writings, on peace - a major theme throughout his career and the theme of the 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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A highly entertaining anthology drawn from the writings of the founder of the Scout movement, tying-in with centenary of the movement

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PublisherMacmillan
Publication date2007
ISBN 10 1405088273
ISBN 13 9781405088275
BindingHardcover
Number of pages448
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PLAYING THE GAME: A Baden-Powell Compendium

Baden-Powell, Robert

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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. This copy is in new, unmarked condition bound in green cloth covered boards with bright gilt titling to the spine. This copy is bright, tight, white and square. The unclipped dust wrapper is lightly sunned to the spine but still in as new condition. International postal rates are calculated on a book weighing 1 Kilo, in cases where the book weighs more than 1 Kilo increased postal rates will be quoted, where the book weighs less then postage will be reduced accordingly. 2007 saw the centenary of scouting and the 150th anniversary of the birth of its founder, Robert Baden-Powell. Playing the Game examines the long-lasting legacy of the movement and its forefather. Drawing on Baden-Powell's extensive archive, it is a rich and evocative selection of his writings, on peace?a major theme throughout his career, on his own life?drawing from his wonderful idiosyncratic anecdotal autobiography, and including a healthy sprinkling of some of Baden-Powell'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 splendor 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. Ref RRR 4. Seller Inventory # 030241

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