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.

About this title

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.

Review:

"Edited, annotated and introduced by Elleke Boehmer, professor of colonial and post-colonial literature at Nottingham Trent University in England, this fascinating volume tells us alot about Baden-Powell, his movements and even to some extent the particular point in time when scouting was born"--Washington Times "Scouting for Boys was written in the spirit of Peter Pan and Kipling's Kim; the games and plays and campfire stories are full of good ideas and good fun. The chapters on tracking, woodcraft, camp life and chivalry are full of simple (sometimes lifesaving) bits of practical information and exercises that teach children how to be observant, courteous and innovative."--Los Angeles Times

About this edition

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