Boy Scout Handbook

The Boy Scout Handbook is the official handbook of the Boy Scouts of America. Robert Baden-Powell's handbook,Scouting for Boys, has been the basis for Scout handbooks many countries, with some variations from country to country to the text of the book depending on that countries codes and customs.

Related Topics:
Boy Scouts of America - Robert Baden-Powell - Scouting for Boys

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The original edition of the handbook was based on B-P's work. Ernest Thompson Seton combined his Woodcraft manual, the Birch Bark Rolls, with B-P's Scouting for Boys. Subsequent works were done by other authors. William "Green Bar Bill" Hillcourt did the 6th, 7th, and 9th edition. The 8th edition was the disasterist edition that ushered in the 'relavent' era of scouting. Robert Birkby has written the 10th and 11th editions.

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• Original Edition A Handbook of Woodcraft, Scouting, and Life-craft, 1910-1911
• 1st Edition The Official Handbook for Boys (1911-14)
• 2nd Edition The Official Handbook for Boys (1914-27)
• 3rd Edition Revised Handbook for Boys (1927-40)
• 4th Edition Revised Handbook for Boys (1940-48)
• 5th Edition Handbook for Boys (1948-59)
• 6th Edition Boy Scout Handbook (1959-65)
• 7th Edition Boy Scout Handbook (1965-72)
• 8th Edition Scout Handbook (1972-79)
• 9th Edition Official Boy Scout Handbook (1979-90)
• 10th Edition Boy Scout Handbook (1990-1998)
• 11th Edition Boy Scout Handbook (1998-present)
 
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