Scouting for Boys: A Handbook for Instruction in Good Citizenship (Oxford World's Classics Hardback Collection) Cover
Podcast Mentions

Scouting for Boys A Handbook for Instruction in Good Citizenship (Oxford World's Classics Hardback Collection)

Robert Baden-Powell

"A scout must always be prepared at any moment to do his duty, and to face danger in order to help his fellow-men." A startling amalgam of Zulu war-cry and imperial and urban myth, of borrowed tips on health and hygiene, and object lessons in woodcraft, Robert Baden-Powell's

Podcasts 3
Quotes 6
Get on Amazon Listen on Audible
The Rest Is History

Podcast

The Rest Is History

The discussion highlighted BadenPowell's early work, noting its reference to Bushido as comparable to chivalry. It was used to show early Western interpretations of samurai ethics.

"

Baden Powell, the founder of the Boy Scouts had to say about Bushido. He's writing in, in, uh, scouting for boys

— Episode: 658. Dawn of the Samurai: The Shadow of...

Episode: 658. Dawn of the Samurai: The Shadow of the Sword...

The discussion highlighted BadenPowell's early work, noting its reference to Bushido as comparable to chivalry. It was used to show early Western interpretations of samurai ethics.

"

Baden Powell, the founder of the Boy Scouts had to say about Bushido. He's writing in, in, uh, scouting for boys

The MeatEater Podcast

Podcast

The MeatEater Podcast

The book's 1908 handbook contained the motto "Be prepared", which was discussed in the context of the Boy Scouts of America.

"

Be prepared, which means you are always in a state of readiness in mind and body to do your duty.

— Episode: Ep. 340: Game On, Suckers! MeatEater Tri...

Episode: Ep. 340: Game On, Suckers! MeatEater Trivia XL

The book's 1908 handbook contained the motto "Be prepared", which was discussed in the context of the Boy Scouts of America.

"

Be prepared, which means you are always in a state of readiness in mind and body to do your duty.

Stuff They Don't Want You To Know

Podcast

Stuff They Don't Want You To Know

It was written as a handbook for instruction in good citizenship and was inspired by a conversation Baden-Powell had with an American, later becoming the foundation for the Boy Scouts organization.

"

He wrote a book called Scouting for Boys, a handbook for instruction in good citizenship.

— Episode: The Boy Scouts Abuse Scandal

Episode: The Boy Scouts Abuse Scandal

It was written as a handbook for instruction in good citizenship and was inspired by a conversation Baden-Powell had with an American, later becoming the foundation for the Boy Scouts organization.

"

He wrote a book called Scouting for Boys, a handbook for instruction in good citizenship.

Episode: The Boy Scouts Abuse Scandal

It was written as a handbook for instruction in good citizenship, and later inspired the creation of the Boy Scouts of America organization.

"

In 1908, inspired by a conversation with an American, he wrote a book called Scouting for Boys, a handbook for instruction in good citizenship.

Episode: The Boy Scouts Abuse Scandal

It was written as a handbook for instruction in good citizenship and inspired by a conversation with an American. A copy of one of its iterations was shown and discussed.

"

In 1908, inspired by a conversation with an American, he wrote a book called Scouting for Boys, a handbook for instruction in good citizenship.

I hold in my hand here one of the many iterations or descendants of that, the Boy Scout handbook.

Note: The book recommendations on this page are discovered automatically from podcast transcripts, and may be incorrect or incomplete.