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GOOD READ
Holiday History
As Scouting's centennial year draws
to a close, here are a couple of holiday
gifts that will please any Scouter: The
Best of Boys'Life (Lyons Press, $21.95)
and The Scouting Party: Pioneering
and Preservation, Progressivism and
Preparedness in the Making of the Boy
Scouts of America (Red Honor Press,
$24.95).
The first, a treasure trove drawn
from Boys' Life's 99-year history, is full
of great writing
about camping,
sports, patriotism,
adventure, and
more. It's studded
with articles by
famous names
such as Theodore
Roosevelt, Jack
London, Orville
Wright, Isaac
Asimov, Arthur
C. Clark, and Ray
Bradbury.
Sports fans
can read first-person advice from the
likes of Willie Mays, Johnny Unitas,
THE BEST OF
Boy^ Life
For all Boys — Published'iy the Boy Scouted5 Amto
"This wonderful book is a gift to America."
THE
Scouting Party
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and Olympic star Bruce Jenner (long
before he met the Kardashians). More
serious fare includes first-rate reporting
from Germany, Russia, and other then-
distant countries.
Among the many pleasures of this
fine collection, don't miss the Think &
Grin jokes and the vintage ads. Those
were the good ol' days, back when a boy
could get an excellent BB gun for $12.95!
Then, go all the way back to the
beginning.
Almost everyone associates Sir
Robert Baden-Powell with the creation
of the Scouts, but few may know about
the British-Canadian naturalist Ernest
Thompson Seton, whose Woodcraft
Indians organization helped shape
Baden-Powell's thinking. And how
many know that President Theodore
Roosevelt disagreed with Scouting's
pacifism in the run-up to World War I?
All this and much more is the subject
of David Scott and Brendan Murphy's
The Scouting Party. Readers will learn
about the questions and conflicts that
James West, Chief Scout Executive from
1911 to 1943, dealt with as he, Seton, and
Daniel Carter Beard, founder of the Sons
of Daniel Boone, debated the growth
and direction of the BSA.
Historian Douglas Brinkley calls it
"a gift to America," which makes it the
perfect gift for any Scouting enthusiast
as the organization launches into its
second century.
Partners in Green
Scouting has always believed in responsible
stewardship of the environment. So it makes
sense that the BSA has now formed an official
partnership with Tread Lightly!, a national non-
profit organization whose mission is to promote
responsible outdoor recreation through ethics
education and stewardship.
Launched in 1985 by the U.S. Forest Service,
Tread Lightly! became a nonprofit in 1990. It
focuses on people who use or are affected by
motorized and mechanized vehicles, and it will
begin working with the BSA on several specific
pilot programs. These include personal-water-
craft use, ATV riding, and shooting sports.
"The Boy Scouts of America has long been
associated with strong conservation values," said
Chief Scout Executive Robert J. Mazzuca. "By
incorporating the Tread Lightly! principles in our
local and national programs and materials, we
can even better prepare young people to make
ethical decisions in the great outdoors."
While the formal partnership is new,
Scouting and Tread Lightly! have worked
together many times over the years. In fact, in
2008 the BSA presented Tread Lightly! with
the prestigious William T. Hornaday Gold
Certificate for distinguished service in conser-
vation. The honor is the oldest conservation
award given in America, and only nine organi-
zations outside the BSA have received it.
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