Robert Baden-Powell
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Lieutenant General Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell, (22 February 1857 – 8 January 1941), was a British Army officer, writer, founder and first Chief Scout of the world-wide Scout Movement, and founder, with his sister Agnes, of the world-wide Girl Guide / Girl Scout Movement. Baden-Powell authored the first editions of the seminal work Scouting for Boys, which was an inspiration for the Scout Movement. Source: [Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell]( on Wikipedia
Books
Aids to scouting for NCOs and men
The original 1899 military handbok that was later adopted by British boys to play the game of Scouting. In response, Baden-Powell had re-written the book in 1908 as "Scouting for Boys" to make it more age appropriate and to outline the principles of the Scout movement.
Paddle your own canoe
The actor known for roles in such productions as Parks and Recreation shares whimsical musings on a range of topics from love and manliness to grooming and eating meat, offering additional discussions of his life before fame and his courtship of his wife, Megan Mullally.
My adventures as a spy
"An older book for a younger audience, this charming volume was written by a British military hero during the first years of World War I. Baden-Powell, who founded the Boy Scouts, relates such espionage basics as disguise, hiding messages in innocuous objects, creating diversions, escaping capture, and other maneuvers"--