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Scout's Honor: A Father's Foray into the Woods [Hardcover]

Peter Applebome (Author)
4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)

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New York Times writer and author Applebome (Dixie Rising) turns from the political to the personal as he recounts his adventures over three years as a Scoutmaster for his son's Boy Scout troop in suburban New York. A "committed indoorsman" who was turned off by the "dorky superfluity" of scouting during his own baby boomer childhood, he "soon found himself sucked in to Scouting" and "the way that it brought kids and dads together in a totally noncompetitive way." This engaging book moves back and forth among three narrative strands. Applebome gives a loving and often amusing description of his son's scouting adventures, "one part Braveheart and one part Lord of the Flies." He provides an excellent short history of the Boy Scouts, from the Edwardian roots of its first leader, the "astoundingly complex" British war hero and "repressed homosexual" Lord Robert Baden-Powell, to its current enrollment decline. He also discusses the institutional scouting policy that bans gays from being members, a position successfully defended before the Supreme Court. Applebome struggles with the tension between the right of free association and the "threadbare" logic of the Scout position. But while he disagrees with the ban, he too easily dismisses it as having "minimal real-world implications," not fully acknowledging that the wonderfulness of this "unexpected vehicle to share [his] son's youth" is something that the Boy Scout organization openly denies to parents with gay children.-- son's youth" is something that the Boy Scout organization openly denies to parents with gay children.
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"Scout's Honor is at the same time a hilarious outdoor odyssey, a moving glimpse of a father's heart, and the best commentary ever on the Boy Scouts and their touchingly awkward history. When I was a Scout, the ultimate approbation for a job well done was something called "Three and a Half Hows." So here's to you, Peter Applebome: How! How! How! Hhhhh!" -- Stephen Harrigan, author of The Gates of the Alamo

"...a hilarious outdoor odyssey, a moving glimpse of a father''s heart, and the best commentary ever on the Boy Scouts..." (author of The Gates of the Alamo )
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Since 1976, Troop 1 has been coming to Jerry's Three River Canoes and Campground on the Delaware River between New York and Pennsylvania for the 13.5-mile canoe trip from Pond Eddy, New York, to Matamoros, Pennsylvania, that begins the Scouting calendar each September. Read the first page
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5.0 out of 5 stars A Must Read!, April 7 2004
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I absolutely loved this book! I bought it for my husband's Xmas present but read it the night I bought it. My husband read it without putting it down and my Boy Scout, age 15 read it. It really presents how Scouting really is with weird and wonderful boys and adults. We were surprised at how much his experience in scouting was like ours.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Insightful and humorous, Feb 27 2004
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Very enjoyable book. I'm sharing it with all my Scouter friends, and even non-Scouters (so they understand how and why I got hooked on Scouting too). I even learned a few things about BSA--warts and all!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Mr.Applebome has captured todays scouting experience, Oct 8 2003
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I have accused the author of having a mole in our troop. Can the experience for boys and parents associated with Boy Scouting be so universal? I have purchased 6 copies to provide to eagle scouts from 18 yr.s to 60 yr.s.,agree or disagree with the author's opinions on today's scouting image, Peter has us laughing and talking about today's and tomorrow's scouting experience.
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