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Boy Scouts of America

Boy Scouts Handbook – First Edition

The Official Handbook for Boys was published in June 1911. In this edition, the American Scouting program was standardized, albeit with many omissions and mistakes (cf. external links). As with the Original Edition, many now-standard Scouting skills were passed over, including knife and axe use and map and compass work.
The book describes many Scout-like virtues and qualifications. After a lengthy section on what a Scout should know, including chivalry, history, and national issues, it is noted that “in short, to be a good Scout is to be a well-developed, well-informed boy.”
800 printed pages
Copyright owner
Bookwire
Original publication
2016
Publication year
2016
Publisher
anboco
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Quotes

  • Cris Lohas quoted4 years ago
    Wherever there have been heroes, there have been scouts, and to be a scout means to be prepared to do the right thing at the right moment, no matter what the consequences may be.
  • Cris Lohas quoted4 years ago
    Living in the open in this way, and making friends of the trees, the streams, the mountains, and the stars, gives a scout a great deal of confidence and makes him love the natural life around him.
  • Cris Lohas quoted4 years ago
    The aim of the Boy Scouts is to supplement the various existing educational agencies, and to promote the ability in boys to do things for themselves and others.

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