This is a facsimile reprint of the first Boy Scout Handbook, complete with the wonderful advertisements that accompanied the original edition. Over 431 million copies of the Boy Scout Handbook have been distributed since this first edition came out in 1911. Boy Scouts new and older will appreciate how much times have changed and how they have stayed the same.
This is a facsimile reprint of the first Boy Scout Handbook, complete with the wonderful advertisements that accompanied the original edition. Over 43...
2010 reprint of 1929 Edition. The manual suggests that "by carefully reading this book, and applying its principles, you can readily understand how to play the bugle in "5 minutes." The bugle has played a prominent role in all the great wars of history. Its martial notes have been heard in battle, and in the thick of the fray the Buglers have stood ready to sound the "charge" or "recall." Profusely illustrated, including color covers.
2010 reprint of 1929 Edition. The manual suggests that "by carefully reading this book, and applying its principles, you can readily understand how to...
The "Boy Scout Handbook" is a manual providing information about camping, signs and signaling, Scouting games, and more. The original edition of the guide owes much to Baden-Powell's "Scouting for Boys." The official handbook of the Boy Scouts of America, this volume contains everything the young Scout must learn to become a "well-developed, well-informed boy."
The "Boy Scout Handbook" is a manual providing information about camping, signs and signaling, Scouting games, and more. The original edition of the g...
The first Handbook of the Boy Scouts of America provides an entertaining read and a fascinating insight into the world of a century ago, when a boy could obtain badges in subjects such as Inventing (Invent and Patent some useful article) and Taxidermy (Preserve and mount the skin of a game bird, or animal). This is a newly re-edited version (not a scan), complete with black and white pictures and many of the original advertisements.
The first Handbook of the Boy Scouts of America provides an entertaining read and a fascinating insight into the world of a century ago, when a boy co...
"'Scout' used to mean the one on watch for the rest. We have widened the word a little. We have made it fit the town as well as the wilderness and suited it to peace time instead of war. We have made the scout an expert in Life-craft as well as Wood-craft, for he is trained in the things of the heart as well as head and hand. Scouting we have made to cover riding, swimming, tramping, trailing, photography, first aid, camping, handicraft, loyalty, obedience, courtesy, thrift, courage, and kindness.
Do these things appeal to you?
Then, whether you be farm boy or shoe clerk, newsboy or...
"'Scout' used to mean the one on watch for the rest. We have widened the word a little. We have made it fit the town as well as the wilderness and ...
