Scouting for Boys: A Handbook for Instruction in Good Citizenship - Softcover

Baden-Powell Of Gilwell, Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, Baron

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0963205412 ISBN 13: 9780963205414

Publisher: Stevens Pub Co, 1992

Synopsis

Illustrated by the Author. Contents: Foreword; Scoutcraft; Campaigning; Camp Life; Tracking; Woodcraft; Endurance for Scouts; Chivalry; Saving Life; Our duties as Citizens; The Story of 'B-P;" B-P's Last Message. Lady Baden-Powell's introduction to the book: 'Scouting For Boys is a book for all time, and in his own lifetime, our Founder saw it in use in almost every country in the world. Details of programs and activities must always change with circumstances and conditions, but it is for us who come after him to act as its guardians and to see that the whole essence of Scouting is preserved therein, whatever may be the adaptations or allowances to meet varying conditions or needs. You will find that many of the suggestions for games and practices are still capable of use even today. But perhaps more important is the imaginative presentation of a particular subject which lies behind the suggested activity. We must always remember that the secret of the success which the Movement has achieved is the way in which ideas are presented and not merely the detail of the activities. Every word that our Founder wrote had truth behind it, and truth is not limited to any single generation or nation. Scouting For Boys is the Handbook showing us how to use, care for, preserve, and hand down, the tool which his genius devised and which he bequeathed to us. If we learn to use this tool in its purity, its simplicity, and its spirit, we shall find that it meets the needs of every place and of each succeeding generation of boys." Need we say more? Get this valuable book.

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Review:

'very good fun' (Max Hastings, Sunday Telegraph)

'Elleke Boehmer's erudite introduction makes you wish she would get around to writing a full-length biogaphy of the first Chief Scout' (William Cook, New Statesman)

'a gem of a contemporary source' --(Living History)

'the value of Elleke Boehmer's well-annotated text of the original edition is to show us the anxieties, contradictions and excitements of the Boy Scout movement at its inception' (Alan Hollinghurst, Guardian) Ransome was 24 when Robert Baden-Powell s handbook of good citizenship , Scouting for Boys, was published in 1908, and too much of a maverick to have made a good scout. But the information it offers on setting up camp, first aid, woodcraft and tracking, based on Baden-Powell's experiences in India and Africa and Ernest Thompson Seton's book on native American woodcraft, The Birch-Bark Roll, would have fascinated him. He would also have approved of the code of upright behaviour it spelt out. Wisely pruned of the text s worst imperial sentiments, and narrated without tongue in cheek by Mock the Week's Hugh Dennis, it makes lively listening for young and old lovers of outdoor adventure. --The Times

'a gripping read' --(The Oldie)

About the Author:

Elleke Boehmer is Hildred Carlile Professor in English at Royal Holloway, University of London. She is the author of many books and articles on postcolonial writing and theory. She has also written short stories and three novels, most recently Bloodlines.

About this edition

• Publisher: Stevens Pub Co
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0963205412
• ISBN 13: 9780963205414
• Binding: Paperback