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- It was written and illustrated by Robert Baden-Powell, its founder.
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Robert Stephenson Smyth, 1st Baron Baden-Powell, (born Feb. 22, 1857, London, Eng.—died Jan. 8, 1941, Nyeri, Kenya), British army officer and founder of the Boy Scouts and Girl Guides (later Girl Scouts; see scouting). He was noted for his use of observation balloons in warfare in Africa (1884–85).
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.
Based on those earlier books, he wrote Scouting for Boys, published in 1908 by Cyril Arthur Pearson, for youth readership. During writing, he tested his ideas through a camping trip on Brownsea Island in 1907, which is now seen as the beginning of Scouting.
Sep 1, 2006 · It is but another example of how the two movements inspired by Scouting for Boys carried the baptismal sign of its author through much of their own history. It remains a key text for any social understanding of the first half of twentieth-century Britain and its republication is to be welcomed.
- Allen Warren
- 2006
A startling amalgam of Zulu war-cry and Sherlock Holmes, of practical tips on health and hygiene and object lessons in woodcraft, Scouting for Boys (1908) is the original blueprint and...
- Elleke Boehmer
- Elleke Boehmer
Mar 28, 2004 · A reissue of the iconic handbook on scouting underscores how its famed author, and the Empire, were fuelled by repressed sexuality, argues Jake Arnott.
Scouting for Boys was first published in six two-weekly instalments of approximately 70 pages each, from January to March 1908. They were produced by Pearson's printer, Horace Cox. These six publications were a success, and as planned were issued in book form on 1908-05-01.
