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Author : W. Francis Aitken
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Total Pages : 216 pages
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Download or read book Baden-Powell, the Hero of Mafeking written by W. Francis Aitken and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : W. FRANCIS. AITKEN
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ISBN 13 : 9781033416754
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Download or read book BADEN-POWELL written by W. FRANCIS. AITKEN and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : W Francis Aitken
Publisher : Legare Street Press
ISBN 13 : 9781017075236
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Download or read book Baden Powell, the Hero of Mafeking written by W Francis Aitken and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2022-10-27 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
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Author : William Francis Aitken
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Download or read book Baden-Powell, the Hero of Mafeking. [A Biography.] With Portrait written by William Francis Aitken and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : W. Francis Aitken
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781334068140
Total Pages : 214 pages
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Download or read book Baden-Powell written by W. Francis Aitken and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-10-26 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Baden-Powell: The Hero of Mafeking It was said of him in his school days that He was always preparing. It may now be said that he was always preparing for Mafeking. How he tried to prepare the nation for the trial Will be appreciated by even the most cursory student of his remarkable career. In India, South Africa, Ashanti be rendered splendid service to the Empire before the present campaign was started. And there is evidence that not only in the countries named, but also on the continent he had done good work the proofs of which are now pigeon-holed in the gloomy building known as the War Office. Such men as baden-powell, though they may not commend themselves to the staunch upholders of what is known as the kid glove and eye-glass letter-of-the-regulations branch of officialdom, and may not win admission to the ranks of the decorated, do incalculable service in knitting together the bonds of Empire. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author : William Hillcourt
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Total Pages : 32 pages
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Download or read book Baden-Powell written by William Hillcourt and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : J. S. Fletcher
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ISBN 13 : 9781520177427
Total Pages : 117 pages
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Download or read book Baden-Powell of Mafeking written by J. S. Fletcher and published by . This book was released on 2016-12-18 with total page 117 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Historical mythology credits Robert Baden-Powell, father of the boy scout movement, as the "Hero of Mafeking" and the St. George who saved England in its darkest hour. In reality, the authors of this revisionist history assert that he was the "Monster of Mafeking" responsible for untold tragedy during the siege of that town in the South African War of 1899 to 1900. In this new biography, the authors set out to debunk some of the myths that we have lived with for so long. Cryptic though it may seem, "The Boy" refers at once to Baden-Powell's suspected lover, Kenneth McLaren, to Baden-Powell being the ultimate "boy-man" and to Sol Plaatje and the long line of South African black men condescendingly called "boys".In this highly controversial look at the events surrounding Mafeking, the Tshidi-Barolong inhabitants of nearby Mahikeng, the native "stadt" just outside Mafeking, emerge as the real luminaries in the drama of the siege. Time and again, they saved Baden-Powell from himself and ensured that the town was not overrun by Boers. The authors claim that it is two of these men who deserve the title "Hero of Mafeking". One was Sol Plaatje, who went on to become the first secretary-general of the South African Native National Congress, the forerunner to the African National Congress. The other was Mathakgong -- a cattle raider and guerrilla fighter.When the glossy cover is jerked from the fetid pit that is Mafeking, a crime unfolds that is beyond denunciation. Approximately 2,000 people died during the Siege of Mafeking. One thousand -- African, Boer and Briton -- were killed in action, died of wounds or expired from disease. The other thousand -- all Africans, except for one Dutchchild -- died of starvation. Was Baden-Powell the immaculate hero that his defenders would have us believe he was? Or was he a genocidal tyrant as the authors assert? This critical reappraisal of a key event in South African history casts new light on a fascinating story that many had thought they knew well.
Author : Lorraine Gibson
Publisher : Pen and Sword History
ISBN 13 : 1399009311
Total Pages : 362 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)
Download or read book Robert Baden-Powell written by Lorraine Gibson and published by Pen and Sword History. This book was released on 2022-10-21 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Robert Baden-Powell was Britain’s first celebrity. A conflicted character - militarist and pacifist, macho man and drag artist, elitist and socialist - he was one of the 20th century’s most influential and, latterly, controversial Englishmen, finding fame not once, but twice – and for two very different reasons. Before donning his trademark shorts, the man known for inventing the Scouts is hailed a hero of the Second Boer War, the first military conflict covered in great detail by the media. Reports of his unconventional methods of holding a Boer army at bay, despite being woefully outnumbered, at the South African town of Mafeking, make global headlines and when he returns home to England, hordes of adoring fans pack London’s streets, waving flags and declaring him the Hero of Mafeking. The same ingenuity, reconnaissance skills and spectacular eccentricity that win him this military acclaim become the foundations of his second mission, that of saving Victorian boys from poverty and despair, and himself from having to grow up, by teaching them scouting. A youth movement is born which today boasts 54 million members throughout the world. This book examines Baden-Powell’s dual personality, or his ‘two lives’ as he called them, including his difficult childhood with a domineering and unaffectionate mother whom he loved even after she forced him into the army at 19, dashing his dreams of becoming an artist. It looks at his military career and his love of drama and at why protesters wanted to topple his statue on Poole Quay in the pandemic summer of 2020. It also considers a recently-discovered telegraph that adds fuel to the speculation over the nature of his relationship with a fellow-soldier that endured for 30 years - until he married a 22-year-old woman in secret when he was 55. Baden-Powell achieved great prominence, as well as notoriety, in both his military and scouting lives, driven largely by a constant yearning to win his mother’s approval.
Author : Pat Hopkins
Publisher : New Holland Australia(AU)
ISBN 13 : 9781868722624
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)
Download or read book The Boy written by Pat Hopkins and published by New Holland Australia(AU). This book was released on 1999 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This critical reappraisal of the siege of Mafikeng provides a fresh examination of the role of Major-General Baden-Powell in the conflict, during which approximately 2000 people died in action or expired from disease or starvation.
Author : J. S. Fletcher
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ISBN 13 : 9781406884142
Total Pages : 92 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)
Download or read book Baden-Powell of Mafeking (Illustrated Edition) written by J. S. Fletcher and published by . This book was released on 2017-07-18 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fletcher (1863-1935) was an English journalist and author who wrote over 230 books on a wide variety of subjects, both fiction and non-fiction. This work was published in 1900 shortly after Baden-Powell established himself as a national hero by successfully defending the town during the Siege of Mafeking in the Second Boer War. With sketch maps and illustrations by the author.
