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R.S.S. Baden-Powell, who founded the Boy Scouts movement in 1908, was a British military hero during the Boer War and an author, actor, artist, spy, sportsman, and female impersonator. In this absorbing and humane account of Baden-Powell's extraordinary life, Tim Jeal reveals for the first time the complex figure behind the saintly public mask, showing him to be a man of both dazzling talents and crippling secret fears. Reviews of the earlier edition: "Baden-Powell's life story is as rich and engrossing as any of his memorable campfire yarns... a monumental biography." (Zara Steiner, New York Times Book Review); "In an age of good biographies, here is one that deserves to be called great... a magnificent book." (Piers Brendon, Mail on Sunday); "Jeal's Baden-Powell is brave and self-seeking, devious and honorable, a domestic paragon whose repressed homosexuality fired his career, a soldier of genius who ultimately rejected militarism... The story that Tim Jeal has to tell is epic, funny, and touching." (Philip Oakes, New Statesman); "Superb." (Ian Buruma, New York Review of Books).
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Selected as a Notable Book of the Year by the New York Times Book Review and the Washington Post Book World
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Tim Jeal is also the biographer of Henry Morton Stanley (National Book Critics' Circle Award in Biography and Sunday Times Biography of the Year 2007), and Robert Baden-Powell, which (like Livingstone) was chosen as a Notable Book of the Year by the New York Times and the Washington Post. In 2011 his Explorers of the Nile was a New York Times Editor's Choice and a BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week.
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. This biography traces the life of Baden-Powell, the victor of Mafeking and founder of the Boy Scouts Movement, and his controversial racial views and private life. It is the culmination of five years research. Tim Jeal is a member of the Writer's Guild and has written "Livingstone". The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Seller Inventory # GOR001967509
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First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, slightly age-toned dust wrapper. Remains well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; xxi, 670 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 588-596) and index. Contents; That Wonderful Woman Servant of the Raj Men's Man In the Balance The Coming Man The Hero The General Home Comes the Hero The Boy Man Takes His Bow Scouting for Boys An Unexpected Marriage 'The Biggest Event in Our National History' The Family Man What to Do with the Girls Wider Still and Wider The Spirit Versus the Form Storms and Sunshine Under Mount Kenya Epilogue. Subjects; Baden-Powell of Gilwell, Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, Baron (1857-1941) Biography. Generals Great Britain Biography. Boy Scouts Great Britain Biography. Scouting (Youth activity) Great Britain History. 1 Kg. Seller Inventory # 478156
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Hardcover. Condition: Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. FIRST EDITION. 670 pages. Price-clipped dustjacket has small frays and one small nick to corners, slight creases to spine-ends and edges. Clean brown hardback binding has small creases to spine-ends, light wear to corners. Christmas gift inscription dated 1989 to half-title page, pages very clean and sound. Seller Inventory # 719661
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Secondhand, Hardback. [Author], [Publisher]. NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. A description of our secondhand books is not always available. Please contact us if you have a question about this title. Author: Tim Jeal Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 670 R.S.S. Baden-Powell, who founded the Boy Scouts movement in 1908, was a British military hero during the Boer War and an author, actor, artist, spy, sportsman, and female impersonator. In this absorbing and humane account of Baden-Powell's extraordinary life, Tim Jeal reveals for the first time the complex figure behind the saintly public mask, showing him to be a man of both dazzling talents and crippling secret fears. "Reviews of the earlier edition: ""Baden-Powell's life story is as rich and engrossing as any of his memorable campfire yarns . . . a monumental biography."--Zara Steiner, "New York Times Book Review ""In an age of good biographies, here is one that deserves to be called great . . . a magnificent book."--Piers Brendon, "Mail on Sunday ""Jeal's Baden-Powell is brave and self-seeking, devious and honorable, a domestic paragon whose repressed homosexuality fired his career, a soldier of genius who ultimately rejected militarism. . . . The story that Tim Jeal has to tell is epic, funny, and touching."--Philip Oakes, "New Statesman ""Superb."--Ian Buruma, "New York Review of Books". Secondhand, Hardback. Seller Inventory # 9780091706708-SECONDHAND
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