Books with author Robert Baden-Powell

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Excerpt from Yarns for Boy Scouts: Told Round the Camp FireThese yarns are merely additional to those already given in the handbook Scouting for Boys. Most of them have already appeared in our newspaper The Scout, but as there is a demand for their reprint, I have now put them together, and offer them in book-form for the use of Scouts and Scoutmasters.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Baden-Powell (1857-1941) was a British Army officer, writer, founder and first Chief Scout of the world-wide Boy Scout Movement, and founder, with his sister Agnes, of the world-wide Girl Guide / Girl Scout Movement. He authored the first editions of the seminal work Scouting for Boys which was an inspiration for the Scout Movement. He served in the British Army from 1876 until 1910 in India and Africa, and in 1899 during the Second Boer War in South Africa successfully defended the town in the Siege of Mafeking. Several of his military books, written for reconnaissance and training purposes, were also read by boys, and in 1907 Baden-Powell held a demonstration camp, the Brownsea Island Scout camp, which is now seen as the beginning of Scouting. Based on his earlier books, he wrote Scouting for Boys, first published in six instalments in 1908, for boy readership, and the book has sold around 150 million copies. On his retirement in 1910 he formed The Boy Scouts Association. Regarded as an excellent storyteller of "ripping yarns" with which he regaled audiences throughout his life, he wrote many more handbooks and educational material for Scouts as well as directives for Scout Leaders. Young Knights of the Empire: Their Code, and Further Scout Yarns, first published in 1917, outlines the Scout laws and illustrates them with a collection of anecdotes.

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Large Format for easy reading. By the soldier, writer and founder of the world Scouting movement. Recounts Baden-Powell's experiences in espionage during his military career, and talks about 'the sport of spying'. Details some of his adventures scouting out military emplacements in foreign countries, establishing a cover and collecting information. Also details the different types of spies. Baden-Powell shows that spying is a craft that can be learned, but also requires a certain intelligence and ability to swiftly improvise and adapt to situations in the field. The book acts as a great introduction to the field-craft of being a spy. Illustrated with the author's own sketches.