The Boy Scouts' First Handbook For Boys (Legacy Edition)

The Original 1911 handbook version that started it all!

Enjoy this unabridged, high-quality Doublebit Legacy reprint of the first 1911 edition of the Scout Handbook For Boys. This was the first “official” handbook issued for scouts in the U.S.A. Featuring instruction in outdoors life, woodcraft, campcraft, and a scout’s lifestyle, this classic text is foundational for outdoors youth programs in America.

Includes the following main topics: (1) scoutcraft, knots, and badge requirements for 1911; (2) woodcraft and nature lore; (3) campcraft, camping, and equipment; (4) tracking, trailing, and signaling; (4) healthy lifestyle and exercise; (5) chivalry; (6) first aid and lifesaving; (7) games and outdoors adventure; (8) patriotism and citizenship; (9) scout equipment; and (10) book lists for topics of interest to scouts. It also includes all the classic advertisements of the day!

Inspired by an “unofficial” preceding handbook written by Ernest Thompson Seton and Lord Robert Baden-Powell in 1910, this version of the scout handbook is the first “official” version that scouts used during the birth of boy scout programs in the U.S.A. Learn how to make a bow for shooting arrows, make a fire or tent from scratch, identify plants and animals, or find your way in the wilderness with the timeless tips in this book!

This classic book makes a perfect gift for scouts or scout leaders, or any outdoors enthusiast who wants to master the skills of the outdoors and woodcraft! 

A part of the Library of American Outdoors Classics: Volume 3

This Doublebit Legacy Edition reprint of The Boy Scouts 1911 Handbook For Boys is professionally restored and presented from the original source with the highest degree of fidelity possible. Readers can enjoy this Legacy Edition for generations to come and learn from its timeless knowledge.

About the Doublebit Press Library of American Outdoors Classics

With technology playing a major role in everyday life, sometimes we need to take a step back in time to find those basic building blocks used for gaining mastery – the things that we have luckily not completely lost and has been recorded in books over the last two centuries. These skills aren’t forgotten, they’ve just been shelved. It’s time to unshelve them once again and reclaim the lost knowledge of self-sufficiency.

As a part of the Doublebit Press Library of American Outdoors Classics, this Legacy Edition volume is reprinted in the exact form as it was presented in the original publication, which can include original printers’ marks, such as ink spots, missing plate ink, and rough edges from print plates. Great care has been taken by the publishing team to preserve this work with clean images, clear text, and high-quality photographic editing.  

For outdoors enthusiasts who demand the best from their equipment, this Doublebit Press Legacy Edition reprint was made with you in mind. Both important and minor details have equally both been accounted for by our publishing staff, down to the cover, font, layout, and images. It is the goal of Doublebit Legacy Edition series to preserve outdoors heritage, but also be cherished as collectible pieces, worthy of collection in any outdoorsperson’s library and that can be passed to future generations.