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Baden Powell
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Author : Tim Jeal
language : en
Publisher: Yale University Press
Release Date : 2001-08-11
Baden Powell written by Tim Jeal and has been published by Yale University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-08-11 with History categories.
R.S.S. Baden-Powell, who founded the Boy Scouts movement in 1908, was a British military hero during the Boer War and an author, actor, artist, spy, sportsman, and female impersonator. In this absorbing and humane account of Baden-Powell’s extraordinary life, Tim Jeal reveals for the first time the complex figure behind the saintly public mask, showing him to be a man of both dazzling talents and crippling secret fears. Reviews of the earlier edition: “Baden-Powell’s life story is as rich and engrossing as any of his memorable campfire yarns . . . a monumental biography.”—Zara Steiner, New York Times Book Review “In an age of good biographies, here is one that deserves to be called great . . . a magnificent book.”—Piers Brendon, Mail on Sunday “Jeal’s Baden-Powell is brave and self-seeking, devious and honorable, a domestic paragon whose repressed homosexuality fired his career, a soldier of genius who ultimately rejected militarism. . . . The story that Tim Jeal has to tell is epic, funny, and touching.”—Philip Oakes, New Statesman “Superb.”—Ian Buruma, New York Review of Books
Robert Baden Powell
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Author : Lorraine Gibson
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword History
Release Date : 2022-10-21
Robert Baden Powell written by Lorraine Gibson and has been published by Pen and Sword History this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-10-21 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Robert Baden-Powell was Britain’s first celebrity. A conflicted character - militarist and pacifist, macho man and drag artist, elitist and socialist - he was one of the 20th century’s most influential and, latterly, controversial Englishmen, finding fame not once, but twice – and for two very different reasons. Before donning his trademark shorts, the man known for inventing the Scouts is hailed a hero of the Second Boer War, the first military conflict covered in great detail by the media. Reports of his unconventional methods of holding a Boer army at bay, despite being woefully outnumbered, at the South African town of Mafeking, make global headlines and when he returns home to England, hordes of adoring fans pack London’s streets, waving flags and declaring him the Hero of Mafeking. The same ingenuity, reconnaissance skills and spectacular eccentricity that win him this military acclaim become the foundations of his second mission, that of saving Victorian boys from poverty and despair, and himself from having to grow up, by teaching them scouting. A youth movement is born which today boasts 54 million members throughout the world. This book examines Baden-Powell’s dual personality, or his ‘two lives’ as he called them, including his difficult childhood with a domineering and unaffectionate mother whom he loved even after she forced him into the army at 19, dashing his dreams of becoming an artist. It looks at his military career and his love of drama and at why protesters wanted to topple his statue on Poole Quay in the pandemic summer of 2020. It also considers a recently-discovered telegraph that adds fuel to the speculation over the nature of his relationship with a fellow-soldier that endured for 30 years - until he married a 22-year-old woman in secret when he was 55. Baden-Powell achieved great prominence, as well as notoriety, in both his military and scouting lives, driven largely by a constant yearning to win his mother’s approval.
The Story Of Baden Powell
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Author : Harold Begbie
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2007-05
The Story Of Baden Powell written by Harold Begbie and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-05 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
1900. With illustrations. A biography of Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell an accomplished soldier who first came to wide public notice as the hero of the Siege of Mafeking during the Boer War. He is better known as the founder of the Boy Scout movement. He was concerned with the social lives and imagination of young people, and developing an associational educational form. He placed a special value on adventure; on children and young people working together and taking responsibility (his patrol building on the idea of natural friendship groups and gangs); on developing self-sufficiency; and on learning through doing.
Playing The Game
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Author : Robert Baden-Powell
language : en
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Release Date : 2013-03-28
Playing The Game written by Robert Baden-Powell and has been published by Pan Macmillan this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-03-28 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Drawing on Baden-Powell's extensive archive, Playing the Game is a rich and evocative selection of his writings, on peace - a major theme throughout his career and the theme of the 2007 centenary celebrations, on his own life, from his wonderfull idiosyncratic anecdotal autobiography and includes a healthy sprinkling of some of BP's more memorable aphorisms, such as ‘I don’t mind confessing I have a weakness for hippos' and 'The man who holds the average boy’s attention for more than seven minutes is a genius', not to mention 'Knowledge without character is mere pie-crust'. Imbued with a strong sense of the splendour and the old-school Empire feel of Baden-Powell’s work, Playing the Game offers a dazzling window into a world that’s gone, but whose legacy remains alive, not least in the 28 million members of the Scouts Association
The Story Of Baden Powell The Wolf That Never Sleeps
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Author : Harold Begbie
language : en
Publisher: DigiCat
Release Date : 2022-09-04
The Story Of Baden Powell The Wolf That Never Sleeps written by Harold Begbie and has been published by DigiCat this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-09-04 with Fiction categories.
DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Story of Baden-Powell 'The Wolf That Never Sleeps'" by Harold Begbie. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
Baden Powell
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Author : William Hillcourt
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1961
Baden Powell written by William Hillcourt and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1961 with categories.
Baden Powell
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Author : Pauline Brower
language : en
Publisher: Children's Press(CT)
Release Date : 1989
Baden Powell written by Pauline Brower and has been published by Children's Press(CT) this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Examines the lifetime achievements of the man who founded the Boy Scout Movement in Great Britain and saw it expand all over the world.
Scouting With Baden Powell
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Author : Russell Freedman
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1967
Scouting With Baden Powell written by Russell Freedman and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1967 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
The history of Scouting and the exciting biography of the founder of the Boy Scout movement are told in a fast-moving story.
Sir Robert Baden Powell
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Author : W J Batchelder
language : en
Publisher: Franklin Classics Trade Press
Release Date : 2018-11-08
Sir Robert Baden Powell written by W J Batchelder and has been published by Franklin Classics Trade Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-11-08 with categories.
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Baden Powell The Hero Of Mafeking
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Author : W. Francis Aitken
language : en
Publisher: Pickle Partners Publishing
Release Date : 2013-02-18
Baden Powell The Hero Of Mafeking written by W. Francis Aitken and has been published by Pickle Partners Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-02-18 with History categories.
Baron Baden-Powell is nowadays remembered best for his work as the founder of the Scouting Movement which has gone on to become a world-wide success; however his initial reputation rested on his military career centred on the Boer War. Colonel Baden-Powell, as he then was, commanded at Mafeking and was charged with its defence no matter the odds. At his command he had few resources, even fewer men and slim prospects of holding out against overwhelming odds. What this book tells, with great gusto, is the miracle that Baden-Powell contrived to bring about by successfully defending Mafeking for seven months. His tactics were often unconventional but very effective in keeping up both the spirits of the townspeople and the Boers at bay. He set an example of sang-froid that was instrumental in ensuring the troops under his command did not give in to the fears of the odds facing them. The following anecdote is characteristic of him: “Soon after the redoubtable Cronje [The Boer General] took command of the Boer forces, he forwarded a demand for surrender, to avoid further bloodshed, to which the reply [Baden-Powell’s] was, "When will the bloodshed begin?"” Highly recommended. Author — W. Francis Aitken Text taken, whole and complete, from the edition published in 1900, London, by S W Partridge & Co. Original Page Count – 175 pages. Illustrations — 1 Portrait.