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A Baden-Powell Bibliography

"Books are like a gigantic treasure chest stuffed full of gold and precious stones and pieces of eight – and a bit of nonsense too. It is tremendous fun exploring the chest and deciding for yourself what is valuable and what isn’t, what you want to keep and what you don’t like." — Baden-Powell, Wolf Cub Handbook (15th Edition), p. 162

"Books are the best friends a man can have. You choose those that you like; you can rely on them at all times; they can help you in your work, in your leisure, and in your sorrow. You have them always around you at your beck and call in your home." — Baden-Powell, Rovering to Success (1922), p. 150.


Bibliography

From: Laszlo Nagy, 250 Million Scouts, The World Scout Foundation and Dartnell Publishers, 1985

1. BOOKS BY BADEN-POWELL

2. COLLECTIONS OF ARTICLES BY BADEN-POWELL

3. MINOR BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS BY BADEN-POWELL


About Lazlo Nagy and 250 Million Scouts:

In 1985, Lazlo Nagy, then Chief Executive of the World Organization of the Scout Movement, wrote 250 Million Scouts as a history of the Scout Movement from its earliest days to the present. In the early chapters the focus is on the "Founder," Sir Robert Baden-Powell. But the unique contribution of the book is its perspective on the development of the Scout Movement as a world organization. Nagy, himself, was a Scout as a boy in Hungary. Little did he expect to be so thoroughly involved in Scouting and to cap a distinguished career as leader of the World Organization.

250 Million Scouts was published by the World Scout Foundation and Dartnell Publishers in 1985. The following is the author’s profile as it appears in the book.

"Lazlo Nagy, the author, is a Swiss citizen of Hungarian origin, a sociologist, historian and Doctor of Political Science. A former journalist and the author of a number of books on current politics, he undertook a two-year study of the International Scout Movement, financed by the Ford Foundation. In 1968, on completion of the study, he was invited to put his recommendations into practice and accepted the appointment of Chief Executive of the World Organization of the Scout Movement. It was to have been a three-year assignment. Now, 17 years later and still in the job, this book 250 Million Scouts is the fruit of his unique perspective."



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