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`Poor Little Stephe' (1857-68) |
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13 | (4) |
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17 | (9) |
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Stephe at School (1868-76) |
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26 | (11) |
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37 | (9) |
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46 | (10) |
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56 | (5) |
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Blood and Friendship (1880-82) |
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61 | (11) |
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`A Scout Must Be...' (1882-86) |
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72 | (2) |
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`My Best Friend in the World' |
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74 | (9) |
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83 | (27) |
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The Ambitious Adjutant (1882-84) |
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110 | (6) |
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116 | (4) |
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`A Fresh Start' (1885-87) |
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120 | (9) |
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With Uncle Henry and the Zulus (1888) |
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129 | (9) |
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The Lure of the Dark Interior (1888-90) |
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138 | (5) |
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The Prisoner of Malta (1890-93) |
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143 | (5) |
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Spies and Butterflies (1890-93) |
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148 | (6) |
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Lord Wolseley's Man at Last (1893-95) |
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154 | (5) |
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`A Grand Thing for Me': The Ashanti Campaign (1895-96) |
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159 | (12) |
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Mistake in Matabeleland (1896-97) |
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171 | (21) |
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Indian Interlude (1897-99) |
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192 | (13) |
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A Visit to the War Office (May to July 1899) |
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205 | (1) |
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Mission Impossible (July to Sept. 1899) |
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206 | (17) |
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Preparing for the Worst (Sept. to Oct. 1899) |
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223 | (15) |
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The Siege of Mafeking: First Phase (Oct. to Dec. 1899) |
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238 | (22) |
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Starving the Blacks to Feed the Whites (Nov. to April 1900) |
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260 | (17) |
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Black Warriors in a White Man's War (Oct. to April 1900) |
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277 | (8) |
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The Siege of Mafeking: Final Phase (Jan. to May 1900) |
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285 | (17) |
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Hero in a Chilly Fog (1900) |
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302 | (11) |
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Commander in the Field (June to Aug. 1900) |
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313 | (17) |
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Constabulary Duty to be Done (Sept. 1900 to March 1903) |
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330 | (13) |
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343 | (10) |
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353 | (4) |
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The Nation in Peril (1903-04) |
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357 | (6) |
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The Boy Man Takes His Bow |
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In the Beginning there was a Name: The Boy Scouts (1900-03) |
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363 | (6) |
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Liberals and Frontiersmen (1904-06) |
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369 | (6) |
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Down to Business (1906-08) |
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375 | (15) |
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A Book in a Million (1908) |
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390 | (8) |
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`A Mushroom Growth' (1908-09) |
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398 | (6) |
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The Vane Rebellion (Oct. 1909 to Jan. 1910) |
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404 | (5) |
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Character Factory or Helping Hand? |
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409 | (6) |
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Wood-smoke at Twilight: The Great Escape |
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415 | (9) |
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Woes and Widows (1910-12) |
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424 | (4) |
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The Arcadian Girl (January 1912) |
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428 | (6) |
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The Reluctant Bridegroom (Jan. to Oct. 1912) |
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434 | (8) |
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442 | (6) |
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`The Biggest Event in Our National History' |
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Almost a Disaster (August 1914) |
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448 | (2) |
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450 | (7) |
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No Place Like Home (1916-19) |
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457 | (7) |
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Parental Pains and Pleasures (1915-22) |
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464 | (5) |
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What to do with the Girls |
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Can Girls be Scouts? (1909-10) |
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469 | (2) |
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The Rise and Fall of Agnes Baden-Powell (1910-24) |
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471 | (7) |
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At the Court of Queen Olave (1919-30) |
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478 | (10) |
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American Dreams and Nightmares (1910-31) |
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488 | (3) |
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The Empire: White and Black (1912-36) |
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491 | (7) |
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The Spirit Versus the Form |
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Committee Men and Boy Men (1917-25) |
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498 | (6) |
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Paradise Lost: The Battle for Gilwell (1920-23) |
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504 | (6) |
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The Sage of Scouting (1917-35) |
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510 | (8) |
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518 | (15) |
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We Fancy We be Wise (1933-38) |
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533 | (10) |
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Baden-Powell and the Dictators (1933-40) |
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543 | (11) |
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The Last of England (1935-38) |
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554 | (3) |
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Paxtu: Only Peace (1938-41) |
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557 | (10) |
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Curbing the Beast and Reclaiming the Child |
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567 | (4) |
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571 | (3) |
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574 | (4) |
| Appendix I |
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578 | (3) |
| Appendix II |
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581 | (3) |
| Appendix III |
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584 | (4) |
| Manuscript Sources |
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588 | (3) |
| Published Sources |
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591 | (6) |
| Notes |
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597 | (51) |
| Index |
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