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Scouting for boys, the original illustrated by robert badenpowell. Robert stephenson smyth badenpowell, 1st baron badenpowell, also known as bp or lord badenpowell, was a lieutenantgeneral in the british army, writer, and founder of the scout movement. Lieutenant general robert stephenson smyth baden powell, 1st baron baden powell, om, gcmg, gcvo, kcb, kstj, dl, was a british army officer, writer, founder and first chief scout of the worldwide boy scout movement, and founder, with his sister agnes, of the worldwide girl guide girl scout movement. The book was well received by various armies of its time, including the french. His autobiography, lessons of a lifetime 1933, was followed by badenpowell 1942, 2nd ed. Robert badenpowell, 1st baron badenpowell wikipedia. Robert badenpowell badenpowell of gilwell, robert stephenson smyth badenpowell, baron, 18571941 online books about this author are available, as is a wikipedia article badenpowell of gilwell, robert stephenson smyth badenpowell, baron, 18571941. Robert stephenson smyth baden powell, 1st baron baden powell om, gcmg, gcvo, kcb 22 february 1857. Robert badenpowell has 75 books on goodreads with 4385 ratings. Project gutenberg offers 61,776 free ebooks to download.
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