5 Amazing Facts About the Aids to Scouting Book by Baden-Powell

Proclaimed to be the book that started the Scouting movement in the world. Originally was an instruction manual for the military. This little book of the 20th century became extremely popular in England with the postindustrial youth. Baden-Powell struggled to get the book published as he was in the midst of a siege in the little town of Mafeking (today Mafikeng) South Africa in the Second Boer War. Many scout leaders have heard of this book but few have read this iconic text. Here are some fantastic and lesser-known facts about this little book that started the World Organization of the Scouting Movement. LINKS: 🌐 Siege of Mafeking on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_o... 🌐 Aids to Scouting Old Website: http://history.scoutingradio.net/aids... 📄 1915 Aids To Scouting For N.-C.Os. & Men PDF: http://www.thedump.scoutscan.com/A2S4... 📄 Scouting For Boys PDFs from “The Dump" Resources For Scouting: http://www.thedump.scoutscan.com/s4b.... 🎬 Who Was Baden-Powell? & How B-P Changed the World:    • Who Was Baden-Powell? & How B-P Changed th...   🎬 Who Created The Scout Law? - Ernest Seton or Robert Baden-Powell:    • Who Created The Scout Law? - Ernest Seton ...   🥇 Channel Members Video:    • 5 Amazing Facts About the Aids to Scouting...   🩳 This Video's Short:    • 5 Amazing Facts About the Aids to Scouting...   ❎ Survey Question:    • Post   🌟 Monthly Live Meeting: https://youtube.com/live/eeF1EYfEaFU ⚜️ ScouterStan Website: http://scouterstan.com 🎧 ScouterStan Podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/sh... 🚀 Join the ScouterStan Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@scouterstan/... 👕 ScouterStan Merch: https://www.youtube.com/@scouterstan/... 😍 ScouterStan Patreon:   / scouterstan   🔑 Show Notes: It is often said that the “Aids to Scouting for NCOs and Men” started the entire Scouting movement. Over time it has become almost mythical and such a small book created something as huge as the scouting movement. Here are five unknown or lesser-known facts about this amazing book. 1. The “Aids to Scouting” almost was captured in the siege of Mafeking. BP was finishing the final copy and sending it back to his English publisher just before the siege began in October 1899. BP recalled that the shelling would have certainly burned his manuscript along with many other documents during the siege. 2. 1899 “Aids to Scouting” was not Baden-Powell's first book. His first book was published in 1884 named “Reconnaissance and Scouting”. 3. “Aids to Scouting” just like the other books that BP authored were intended for military use. It was also published in 1900, in England while he was away on active service at the siege of Mafeking in the Second Boer War. Many of the Boys Brigade in England picked up a copy of the book and made it very popular. 4. The book was meant to be small enough to fit in a uniform pocket of the day. This way it could be used in the field as a reference. Later editions featured a Red cover replacing the traditional Gray cover that many of the military books of the time used. 5. Boys of the Empire Magazine, December 28, 1901 first article about “boy scouts” featuring Baden Powell and the siege of Mafeking. The article focused on BP's book “Aids to Scouting”. In 1915 thair was an expanded edition which had 14 chapters and 57 pages. Some of the earlier editions had up to 200 pages depending on text size and illustrations. 📊 Poll (5/24/23): Have you ever read any of the old Scout books? 13% I read them all the time. 50% I have read several in the past but not recently. 1% I don't believe that old Scout books have anything to offer. 36% I don't have access to any old books. ⏱ Time Stamp & Video Jump List: 0:00 5 Amazing Facts About the Aids to Scouting 0:31 Aids to Scouting 1:06 Almost Never Happened 2:12 Not BP’s First Book 2:35 The Boys Bregade 3:08 Small Book 3:49 Thank You 4:54 The Ideal of Boy Scouts 5:45 Hero of Mafeking 6:28 Later Printings 6:44 Baden-Powell or Baden-Pool? 7:55 New Cover to the Book 8:43 Online Copy of the Book #scouterstan #scouts #scoutleader ‪@ScouterStan‬ © 2023 S Richards LLC