Conservation Wildlife Ernest Seton-Thompson Lives Hunted 1901 1st Boy Scout BSA
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First edition
.no-subscribe { display: none} [contenteditable] { pointer-events: none; } Lives of the Hunted: Containing a True Account of the Doings of Five Quadrupeds & Three Birds by Ernest Seton-Thompson Published by Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1901. First Impression, October 12, 1901. Very good hardcover, green cloth with gilt letters on a brown block, embossed trees and animals in dark green silhouette, and gilt decoration along the edges. Tight binding, solid spine, staining to spine, clean unmarked text, pages 197-200 laid-in. 8vo, illustrated with over 200 drawings and black-and-white plates by the author, 360 pages. In 1901, Ernest Thompson Seton was already establishing himself as a founding pioneer of what would become the Boy Scouts of America, though his greatest institutional contributions lay ahead. Having founded the Woodcraft Indians in 1902 and created the Birch Bark Roll, Seton's ideas would profoundly influence Lord Baden-Powell, who borrowed extensively from Seton's concepts for his 1908 "Scouting for Boys." Seton would serve as the BSA's first Chief Scout and help write the first Boy Scout Handbook, earning the Silver Buffalo Award for his contributions to American youth development. As a conservationist, author, artist, and lecturer, Seton's impact on America's conservation movement was immeasurable. Lives of the Hunted emerged during a critical period when "the bison were near extinction, the deer and pronghorn populations were threatened", making Seton's de
- Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons
- Year: 1901
- Binding: Hardcover
- Condition: Very Good
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