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Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. 1926. The Memoirs of Burnham, gold miner, hunter, explorer and Chief of Scouts under Lord Roberts in the Boer War. He was also well known to Theodore Roosevelt, Hopkinson Smith, Richard Harding Davis, Thomas Nelson Page, and other prominent Americans who enjoyed his company. Contents: The Making of a Scout; First Lessons in Scouting; The Tonto Basin Feud; My Smuggler Friend; Ups and Downs in Globe; The Necktie Party; Gold Mining; The Call to Africa; The Long Trail; The Trek North; The War Cloud; Mashonaland; The First Matabele War; When the Compass Failed; Carrying Dispatches; The Dash to Capture the King; Wilson's Last Stand; Forbe's Retreat; After the War; The Jameson Raid; The Second Matabele War; Rhodesia's Darkest Hour; The M'Limo; Klondike; An Opinion of the Boers; Paardeburg and Modder River; The Pietersburg Failure; Cattle Lifting Near Brakpan; Taken Prisoner at Sanna's Post; Escape from the Boers; Cutting the Railroad; Wounded; Rewards; The Great War and the Prospector; and The Latest Adventure.…

paperback. Zustand: Very Good.

Hardcover. 8vo. Published by Doubleday, Doran and Company, Garden City, New York. 1928. Xxii, 370 pages. Illustrated. Reprint. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine and front board. Boards have shelf-wear present to the extremities (crown of the spine is chipped and worn). No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Frederick Russell Burnham DSO (May 11, 1861 September 1, 1947) was an American scout and world traveling adventurer. He is known for his service to the British South Africa Company, then the British Army in colonial Africa, and for teaching woodcraft to Robert Baden-Powell, becoming one of the inspirations for the founding of the international Scouting Movement. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.…

Zustand: fair to good. 370, illus., glossary, discoloration inside boards, small stains in margins of a few pages, boards stained and worn along edges.

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. In this fascinating biography American scout Frederick Russel Burnham shares remarkable stories of his upbringing and his time in Rhodesia American scout Frederick Russell Burnham shares stories of war, scouting, and expeditions in this interesting autobiography. With eight plates to the rear. In this remarkable autobiography, Burnham describes how he learnt to from native Americans and some of the last cowboys to hunt game and support himself as a teen. Known for his service to the British South African Company, Burnham also shares stories of Rhodesia where he befriended Baden-Powell and helped him found the international Scouting movement. In the publisher's original blue cloth binding. Externally, smart. Lightly rubbed to the spine and the joints with some minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine. A little worn towards the extremities. Rear hinge starting, but firm. Internally, generally firmly bound, with the gutter visible at pages 26 to 27, 74 to 75, and 90 to 91. Pages lightly age-toned but bright and clean throughout. Very Good. Not stated (illustrator). book.…