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Contents
The Chief Scout | 14 |
The Chief Scout | 15 |
Fortifying the Wall of Emmi | 52 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | The Character Factory: Baden-Powell and the Origins of the Boy Scout Movement |
| Author | Michael Rosenthal |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Pantheon Books, 1986 |
| ISBN | 0394511697, 9780394511696 |
| Length | 335 pages |
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