The Frontier Scouts
Author : Charles Chenevix Trench
Publisher : Jonathan Cape
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 37,90 MB
Release : 1985
Category : History
ISBN :
Author : Charles Chenevix Trench
Publisher : Jonathan Cape
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 37,90 MB
Release : 1985
Category : History
ISBN :
Author : Ron Field
Publisher : Osprey Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 12,95 MB
Release : 2003-07-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9781841765822
The role of the Frontier scout in the US Army during the period of westward expansion, was often far more important than that of the commanding officer. They possessed a priceless knowledge of the geography, people and characteristics of the great, unknown American hinterland and from the earliest days of exploration, the US Army depended on its scouts to guide troops across the plains and through the mountains as they guarded the nation's frontier settlements. This book tells the colourful story of these frontier men, covering many famous scouts such as 'Wild Bill' Hickok and 'Buffalo Bill' Cody.
Author : Mischa Honeck
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 44,84 MB
Release : 2018-05-15
Category : History
ISBN : 1501716190
Mischa Honeck’s Our Frontier Is the World is a provocative account of how the Boy Scouts echoed and enabled American global expansion in the twentieth century. The Boy Scouts of America (BSA) has long been a standard bearer for national identity. The core values of the organization have, since its founding in 1910, shaped what it means to be an American boy and man. As Honeck shows, those masculine values had implications that extended far beyond the borders of the United States. Writing the global back into the history of one of the country’s largest youth organizations, Our Frontier Is the World details how the BSA operated as a vehicle of empire from the Progressive Era up to the countercultural moment of the 1960s. American boys and men wearing the Scout uniform never simply hiked local trails to citizenship; they forged ties with their international peers, camped in foreign lands, and started troops on overseas military bases. Scouts traveled to Africa and even sailed to icy Antarctica, hoisting the American flag and standing as models of loyalty, obedience, and bravery. Through scouting America’s complex engagements with the world were presented as honorable and playful masculine adventures abroad. Innocent fun and earnest commitment to doing a good turn, of course, were not the whole story. Honeck argues that the good-natured Boy Scout was a ready means for soft power abroad and gentle influence where American values, and democratic capitalism, were at stake. In other instances the BSA provided a pleasant cover for imperial interventions that required coercion and violence. At Scouting’s global frontiers the stern expression of empire often lurked behind the smile of a boy.
Author : Robert Macdonald
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 46,32 MB
Release : 2011-11-01
Category : History
ISBN : 1442613130
In Sons of the Empire, Robert MacDonald explores popular ideas and myths in Edwardian Britain, their use by Baden-Powell, and their influence on the Boy Scout movement. In particular, he analyses the model of masculinity provided by the imperial frontier, the view that life in younger, far-flung parts of the empire was stronger, less degenerate than in Britain. The stereotypical adventurer - the frontiersman - provided an alternative ethic to British society. The best known example of it at the time was Baden-Powell himself, a war scout, the Hero of Mafeking in the South African war, and one of the first cult heroes to be created by the modern media. When Baden-Powell founded the Boy Scouts in 1908, he used both the power of the frontier myth and his own legend as a hero to galvanize the movement. The glamour of war scouting was hard to resist, its adventures a seductive invitation to the first recruits. But Baden-Powell had a serious educational program in mind: Boy Scouts were to be trained in good citizenship. MacDonald documents his study with a wide range of contemporary sources, from newspapers to military memoirs. Exploring the genesis of an imperial institution through its own texts, he brings new insight into the Edwardian age.
Author : Charles Haven Ladd Johnston
Publisher :
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 13,10 MB
Release : 1910
Category : Frontier and pioneer life
ISBN :
Includes trappers, pioneers, and soldiers of the frontier.
Author : William F. Drannan
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 37,39 MB
Release : 2023-08-12
Category : History
ISBN :
In 'Capt. W. F. Drannan, Chief of Scouts, As Pilot to Emigrant and Government Trains,' William F. Drannan provides a gripping first-hand account of his experiences as a scout navigating the treacherous frontier of the American West in the mid-19th century. Drannan's vivid storytelling and attention to detail immerse the reader in the harsh realities of life on the frontier, making this book a valuable historical document that sheds light on the challenges faced by early pioneers. Written in a straightforward and unembellished style, Drannan's narrative serves as a unique glimpse into the tumultuous era of westward expansion and the crucial role played by scouts in aiding emigrant and government trains. The unforgiving landscapes and encounters with Native American tribes depicted in the book provide a sense of authenticity that is both informative and engaging. William F. Drannan's personal experiences as a scout and guide inform his perspective in this compelling account of the American frontier. His intimate knowledge of the terrain and deep understanding of Native American cultures lend credibility to his narrative, offering readers a valuable glimpse into a bygone era of American history. I highly recommend 'Capt. W. F. Drannan, Chief of Scouts, As Pilot to Emigrant and Government Trains' to anyone interested in the history of westward expansion, Native American studies, or the challenges of life on the American frontier.
Author : William Hurley
Publisher :
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 10,72 MB
Release : 1971
Category : Readers
ISBN :
Dan Frontier becomes an army scout when Indians threaten to attack Fort Detroit.
Author : Charles H. L. Johnston
Publisher : Literary Licensing, LLC
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 38,13 MB
Release : 2014-03
Category :
ISBN : 9781494179755
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1910 Edition.
Author : Nelson R. Block
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 39,91 MB
Release : 2009-01-23
Category : History
ISBN : 1443804738
Despite the fact that Scouting has touched the lives of a quarter of a billion boys and girls and their leaders around the world in the past century, its history has been largely ignored. Scouting Frontiers: Youth and the Scout Movement’s First Century is the first book to discuss the history and principal themes of the Boy Scout and Girl Guide movements on an international scale. Inspired by presentations at the ground-breaking 2008 Johns Hopkins University symposium, "Scouting: A Centennial History," the authors examine the world's greatest youth movement through the diverse experiences of its members and their organizations. From Muslim Scouts in Wales to French Scouts in Syria to Girl Guides in colonial Kenya, Scouting has responded to the challenges of international expansion and transformed itself to address cultural, political and social diversity. Scouting Frontiers focuses particularly on the intersections between Scouting’s origins and its transformations over the last century as it faced frontiers of nation, empire, religion, race, class, and gender.
Author : Everett Titsworth Tomlinson
Publisher :
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 14,43 MB
Release : 1923
Category : Frontier and pioneer life
ISBN :
"The scene of this story, originally published under the title 'With flintlock and fife' is located [in the] region between Albany and Montreal, and the time precedes the war for independence."--Pref.