Boys' Life Book of Outdoor Skills [Hardcover]

A Followup to the Highly Successful Best of Boys' LifeBoys' Life, the magazine for Boy Scouts of America, was launched in 1911 and became one of the most popular youth magazines in America. Every month it features news, stories, jokes, and practical how-to instructions invaluable to all Scouts. Reproduced in facsimile form, The Boys' Life Book of Outdoor Skills brings together a selection of the very best pieces, including work by Theodore Roosevelt and Buffalo Bill ( A Message to Boy Scouts ), and . Contents include facsimiles of the best pages from 1911 to the present.UNEDITED TOC March 1911, Useful Hints for Boy Scouts (on tracking and campaigning, page 44.July 1911, Buffalo Bill's Message to Boy Scouts, pages 910.August 1911, Camping Without Tents, page 37.September 1911, Boy Scout Discoveries (making bivouacs, tempering knives)May 1912, Real Scoutcraft in the Woods, page 38December 1912, Smoke Signals, Sign Talk and Totems, page 24March 1913, Indian Sign Language for Boy Scouts, pages 1516March 1913, Discoveries and Rediscoveries (suggestions from Boy Scouts, including paraffin your matches, getting fresh water), page 24March 1913, Road, Trail and Chalk Signs, page 25July 1913, Target Shooting With the Air Rifle, page 14November 1913, About Man Eating Lions by Theodore Roosevelt, page 10December 1913, How to Build A House, page 33December 1913, How to Make a Pushmobile part 1, page 34January 1914, How to Make a Pushmobile part 1, page 21June 1914, How to Make Wigwams and Shelters, page 18.June 1914, Scout Cabins and How to Make Them, pages 1821August 1914, How to Make Rope Bridges/How to Make a Raft, page 22October 1914, How to Use an Axe, page 17February 1915, Primitive Methods of Making Fire, page 9June 1915, Dan Beard Tells You How to Make Fire with Flint and Steel, page 18.June 1916, Scouts Discoveries and Rediscoveries (including making a sling out of a rolled up bandage, extracting salt from salt water and keeping warm at night), page 23. September 191l3¦