Baden-Powell: Founder of the Boy Scouts

by Pauline York Brower

Examines the lifetime achievements of the man who founded the Boy Scout movement in Great Britain and saw it expand all over the world

Genres: Biography

30 pages, Library Binding

First published November 1, 1989

Reviews

[Matt Henry]

This story is for intermediate students who are interested in history. This biography is about Baden-Powell who was the founder of the boy scouts. This story talks about the facts of his life and what he did to build up the boy scouts. This book is filled with a lot of pictures which makes it an easy read.

[Brian · Rating 2 out of 5]

This is a children's book, was much shorter than I realized when I ordered it from the library.

[Duane · Rating 1 out of 5]

Although this book does a great job of explaining Powell's life and times, it seems to paint the man as perfect who made no mistakes and was a idol to all. We need to remember that this is a man who thought Hitler's book was a perfect read and admired the man. I don't enjoy books that seem to miss reminding the reader that the focus also made mistakes and should be remembered as a real person, not a idol.

[Kami · Rating 3 out of 5]

Robert Baden-Powell was a pretty interesting person. I started reading "Two Lives of a Hero" which is the very long "official" biography, but it was a little two long and detailed for me (I mean, really-- who cares what he was wearing in this place or that place?) So I picked up this short and sweet biography and just read the highlights. Maybe I'll revisit the longer book some day...when I have lots of extra time and nothing else to read...