Scouting for Boys: A Handbook for Instruction in Good Citizenship (Oxford World’s Classics Hardback Collection)
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“A scout must always be prepared at any moment to do his duty, and to face danger in order to help his fellow-men.”
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. One of the all-time bestsellers in the English-speaking world, this primer of ‘yarns and pictures’ constitutes probably the most influential manual for youth ever published. Yet the book is at the same time a roughly composed hodge-podge of jingoist lore and tracker legend, padded with lengthy quotations from adventure fiction and Baden-Powell’s own autobiography, and seamed through with the multiple anxieties of its time: fears of degeneration, concerns about masculinity and self-restraint, and invasion paranoia.
Elleke Boehmer’s edition of Scouting for Boys reprints the original text and illustrations, and her fine introduction investigates a book that has been cited as an authority by militarists and pacifists, capitalists and environmentalists alike.
From the Publisher
Publisher : Oxford University Press; Reissue edition (December 1, 2018)
Language : English
Hardcover : 448 pages
ISBN-10 : 0198799993
ISBN-13 : 978-0198799993
Item Weight : 2.31 pounds
Dimensions : 8.7 x 1.5 x 5.5 inches
Customers say
Customers find the book easy to read and well-researched. They appreciate its perspective on Scouting’s original goals and consider it a great guide to life. Many readers consider it a perfect gift for true Scouts or Scout leaders. The reproduction quality is good, with old figures adding context to the material.
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