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Scouting for Boys — Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, Baron Baden-Powell of Gilwell

Scouting for Boys

Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, Baron Baden-Powell of Gilwell

  • Essays
  • Book language: English
  • 371 pages

Scouting for Boys is Robert Baden-Powell's 1908 manual of scoutcraft, written as instructive essays and campfire yarns. It covers the duties, laws, signs, badges, tracking, and outdoor skills of the early Boy Scouts, with practical guidance for boys and instructors. It is a key historical source on the founding ideals of the scouting movement.

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SCOUTING FOR BOYS.
The Boy Scout in Action.
The Boy Scout in Action.
SCOUTING FOR BOYS
Robert Baden-Powell
1908

CONTENTS OF THE PARTS.

PART I.

SCOUTCRAFT AND SCOUT LAW, giving the Duties of Boy Scouts, their

Secret Signs, Laws, Badges, War Dance, etc.

PART II.

OBSERVATION AND TRACKING.

WOODCRAFT AND KNOWLEDGE OF ANIMALS.

PART III.

CAMPAIGNING AND CAMP LIFE.

PIONEERING AND RESOURCEFULNESS.

PART IV.

ENDURANCE AND HEALTH.

CHIVALRY AND BRAVE DEEDS.

DISCIPLINE.

PART V.

SAVING LIFE AND FIRST-AID.

PATRIOTISM AND LOYALTY.

PART VI.

SCOUTING GAMES, COMPETITIONS, AND PLAYS.

WORDS TO INSTRUCTORS.

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Contents

  1. SCOUTING FOR BOYS.
  2. CONTENTS OF THE PARTS.
  3. FOREWORD FOR INSTRUCTOR.
  4. PART I.—CONTENTS.
  5. PART II.
  6. PART III
  7. PART IV.
  8. CONTINUATION OF PART IV. SOBRIETY.
  9. THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG™ LICENSE

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