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Scouting for Boys : A Handbook for Instruction in Good Citizenship by Robert Baden-Powell (2004, Hardcover)
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'A trained scout will see little signs and tracks, he puts them together in his mind and quickly reads a meaning from them such as an untrained man would never arrive at.'A startling amalgam of Zulu war-cry and imperial and urban myth, of borrowed tips on health and hygiene, and object lessons in woodcraft, Robert Baden-Powell's Scouting for Boys (1908) is the original blueprint and 'self-instructor' of the Boy Scout Movement. An all-time bestseller in theEnglish-speaking world, second only to the Bible, this primer of 'yarns and pictures' constitutes probably the most influential manual for youth ever published. Yet the book is at the same time a roughly composed hodge-podge of jingoist lore and tracker legend, padded with lengthy quotations fromadventure fiction and B-P's own autobiography, and seamed through with the multiple anxieties of its time: fears of degeneration, concerns about masculinity and self-restraint, invasion paranoia. Elleke Boehmer's edition of Scouting for Boys is the first to reprint the original text and illustrations, and her fine introduction investigates a book that has been cited as an authority by militarists and pacifists, capitalists and environmentalists alike.Product Identifiers
PublisherOxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-100192805479
ISBN-139780192805478
eBay Product ID (ePID)89700725
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Number of Pages448 Pages
LanguageEnglish
IllustratorYes
AuthorRobert Baden-Powell
FormatHardcover
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Item Height1.5 in
Item Weight20.8 oz.
Item Length7.7 in
Item Width5.1 in
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Publication Year20040000
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- 20 Mar, 2025
good book to read whatever your age .......
good book to read whatever your age .... gives good tips on life. the book looks like new..Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 12 Sep, 2018
Veay good reprint of 1907 origional
Extended version of this bok obviously for leaders and ascoutmastersVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 23 Nov, 2021
Scouting for boys. Took my partner back in time. He read it when he was a boy
ScoutingVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 12 Oct, 2016
Good reading
Bought this for my grandson who has become a scout. I was in scouting for many years, a Queen Scout and attended the 50 th anniversary World Jamboree. Contents brought back many memoriesVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
