Scouting for Boys - A Handbook of Instruction in Good Citizenship

Robert Baden-Powell

Summary

The book that started the Scout movement: camp fires, tracking, knots, first aid, observation, and a set of yarns about scouts in war and peace. Baden-Powell wrote it in 1908 out of his army manual for reconnaissance, and boys began forming patrols before there was an organisation for them to join. It is a period document of enormous consequence and a practical handbook that still works.

Available since: 09/16/2026.

Print length: 330 pages.

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