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BADEN-POWELL ROBERT SCOUTING FOR BOYS

'A Scout is a Friend to all'   An amalgam of imperial myth  borrowed tips on health and hygiene
and object lessons in woodcraft  the 1908 text of Robert Baden-Powell's Scouting for Boys 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.  ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the
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features  including expert introductions by leading authorities  helpful notes to clarify the
text  up-to-date bibliographies for further study  and much more.

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