Baden-Powell : Founder of the Boy Scouts.

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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Jeal, Tim
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Yale University Press, 2001.
Temas:
Baden-Powell of Gilwell, Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, > Baron, > 1857-1941.
Great Britain. > Army > Biography.
Grande-Bretagne. > Army > Biographies.
Great Britain. > Army.
Generals > Great Britain > Biography.
Boy Scouts > Great Britain > Biography.
Généraux > Grande-Bretagne > Biographies.
HISTORY > General.
Boy Scouts.
Generals.
Great Britain.
Biographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • PREFACE
  • ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  • ILLUSTRATIONS
  • CHAPTER ONE: THAT WONDERFUL WOMAN
  • CHAPTER TWO: SERVANT OF THE RAJ
  • CHAPTER THREE : MEN'S MAN
  • CHAPTER FOUR: IN THE BALANCE
  • CHAPTER FIVE: THE COMING MAN
  • CHAPTER SIX: THE HERO
  • CHAPTER SEVEN: THE GENERAL
  • CHAPTER EIGHT: HOME COMES THE HERO
  • CHAPTER NINE: THE BOY MAN TAKES HIS BOW
  • CHAPTER TEN: SCOUTING FOR BOYS
  • CHAPTER ELEVEN: AN UNEXPECTED MARRIAGE
  • CHAPTER TWELVE: 'THE BIGGEST EVENT IN OUR NATIONAL HISTORY'
  • CHAPTER THIRTEEN: THE FAMILY MAN
  • CHAPTER FOURTEEN: WHAT TO DO WITH THE GIRLS
  • CHAPTER FIFTEEN: WIDER STILL AND WIDER
  • CHAPTER SIXTEEN: THE SPIRIT VERSUS THE FORM
  • CHAPTER SEVENTEEN: STORMS AND SUNSHINE
  • CHAPTER EIGHTEEN: UNDER MOUNT KENYA
  • CHAPTER NINETEEN: EPILOGUE
  • APPENDIX I
  • APPENDIX II
  • APPENDIX III
  • Manuscript Sources
  • Published Sources
  • NOTES
  • INDEX.

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