Scouting History

The Scouting Party

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by Clarke Green on June 8, 2010 in Books,Scouting History

I have spent some memorable hours reading an advance copy of David C. Scott and Brendan Murphy’s new book The Scouting Party; a thoroughly researched, unflinching account of the founding and first decade of the Read More →

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Baden-Powell’s Outlook

by Clarke Green on March 5, 2009 in Books,Scouting History

From the introduction: For thirty yeas B.-P. contributed to the The Scouter notes and comments under the title "The Outlook." The reader turned to these first, for he knew that he would there find encouragement, Read More →

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Piet Kroonenberg is the Historical Consultant to the European Scout Committee, and was awarded the Bronze Wolf in 1996 for his outstanding contribution to International Scouting. His books The Forgotten Movements and The Undaunted, as Read More →

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Historic Archive of Boy’s Life Magazine

by Clarke Green on July 24, 2007 in Scouting History

An unofficial archive of Boy’s Life Magazine that features many scans of old Boy’s Life covers like the one above. The first issue of Boys’ Life appeared in March of 1911… not too many years Read More →

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The Left Handshake

by Clarke Green on February 8, 2006 in Scouting around the world,Scouting History

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The Left Handshake is the story of how scouts in occupied countries during WWII aided resistance movements, maintained their troops and generally aided the public often at great personal risk.

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