Scouting for boys was created in the United States in 1910, by William Boyce, a publisher in Chicago, Illinois. It had been created about two years earlier in England by Gen. Robert Baden-Powell. The American organization’s first publication, A Handbook of Woodcraft, Scouting, and Life-craft, was first published in 1910. The Boy Scouts Year Book followed in 1915, and was a compilation of stories and amusements for boys that featured popular writers and illustrators.
Mathiews, Franklin K. The Boy Scouts Year Book. D. Appleton and Company, ca. 1919. Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, American Centuries. https://americancenturies.org/collection/l02-166/. Accessed on October 11, 2024.
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