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Handbook for Boys
Boy Scouts of America — Fifth Edition
Copyright 1948, Boy Scouts of America, 2 Park Avenue, New York 16, N.Y.The Fifth Edition marked a real break from what came before. It carried
revised advancement requirements, moved the joining age to eleven, and
introduced the slogan that outlived it — \"Do a Good Turn Daily.\" It also
brought in lashings and the taut line hitch, and it was the first handbook
to leave the Norman Rockwell era behind: cover art here is by Don Ross,
whose broad-brim-hat design ran on the earlier printings of this edition
before the uniform switched to the overseas cap.Inside is the full mid-century scouting curriculum — patrol organization,
signaling, tracking, first aid, cooking, knots and lashings, conservation
and nature study, camping and hiking, citizenship. Chapter 10, \"Do Your
Part,\" lays out the Scout\'s role as a citizen with the earnest, plainspoken
optimism that defines postwar Scouting literature. Line illustrations run
throughout, along with hands-on projects like the flash bulb vase, a craft
that turns spent photo flashbulbs into miniature glass vessels — the kind
of resourceful, slightly hazardous mid-century project that no modern
handbook would print.The advertising section is the real find for collectors and paper
ephemera buyers. It includes:- Goodyear G-3 All-Weather Bike Tires, with a full illustrated Scout
figure and the \"You\'re Prepared\" tagline
- Gerberich-Payne Shoe Co. of Mount Joy, Pennsylvania — Official Scout
Shoes, Style 922 Brown Elk Moccasin Oxford
- National Supply Service, \"Get Acquainted With Your Official Scout
Distributor,\" with the Official Scout Equipment seal
- Additional period equipment and uniform advertisingThese are graphically strong period ads, the sort that get cut and framed,
and they date the book as clearly as the copyright page does.The bookplate page at the front carries a period owner\'s name and his
Columbus-area troop and church, filled in by hand as intended.Approximately 566 pages. Stiff pictorial wrappers.An authentic postwar Scouting artifact — useful for collectors of BSA
material, mid-century advertising, outdoor and woodcraft literature, and
American youth-organization history.
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Title: Handbook for Boys
Author: Boy Scouts of America
Publisher: Boy Scouts of America
Year Printed: 1948
Place of Publication: New York
Language: English
Edition: Fifth Edition
Binding: Paperback
Format: Illustrated
Subject: Scouting, Outdoor Skills, Americana
Topic: Boy Scouts, Camping, Youth Organizations
Special Attributes: Illustrated, Advertising
Original/Facsimile: Original
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Type: Handbook
