Playing the Game: A Baden-Powell Compendium - Rilegato

Baden-Powell Of Gilwell, Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, Baron

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ISBN 10: 1405088273 ISBN 13: 9781405088275

Casa editrice: Pan Macmillan, 2007

Riassunto

2007 saw the centenary of scouting and the 150th anniversary of the birth of its founder, Robert Baden-Powell. Playing the Game examines the long-lasting legacy of the movement and its forefather. Drawing on Baden-Powell's extensive archive, it is a rich and evocative selection of his writings, on peace?a major theme throughout his career, on his own life?drawing from his wonderful idiosyncratic anecdotal autobiography, and including a healthy sprinkling of some of Baden-Powell'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 splendor 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.

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Descrizione del libro:

A highly entertaining anthology drawn from the writings of the founder of the Scout movement, tying-in with centenary of the movement

L'autore:

The Companion has been compiled by Mario Sica, one of the world's leading authories on scouting and Baden-Powell and Paul Moynihan, the Scout Association’s archivist. Baden-Powell's grandson, the present Lord Baden-Powell has contributed a foreword.

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• Editore: Pan Macmillan
• Data di pubblicazione: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1405088273
• ISBN 13: 9781405088275
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 441
• Redattore: Sica Mario