Dan(iel Carter) Beard - Scouting, Bibliography

Illustrator and youth leader, born in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. He was a surveyor (1874–8) before he became an illustrator. He wrote What to Do and How to Do It: The American Boy's Handy Book (1882), the first of his 16 books on handicrafts, and was praised by Mark Twain for his illustrations in A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1889). To promote magazines that he edited, he organized the Sons of Daniel Boone (1905) and the Boy Pioneers of America (1909), precursors of the Boy Scouts. When the Boy Scouts of America were formed (1910), he designed the Scout hat, neckerchief, and shirt. As National Scout Commissioner (1910–41), he argued for voluntary leadership within the Scouts, and became known as ‘Uncle Dan’ to a generation of American boys.

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Daniel Carter "Uncle Dan" Beard (June 21, 1850– June 11, 1941) was an American illustrator, author, and social reformer who was one of the founders of the Boy Scouts of America.

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He merged his organization into the Boy Scouts of America when it was founded in 1910. Beard became one of the first National Scout Commissioners of the Boy Scouts and served it for 30 years. A life-size bronze statue of Daniel Carter Beard and Boy Scout, created by world-renowned sculptor Kenneth Bradford, stands in Covington, Kentucky near his boyhood home, now a National Historic Landmark.

Bibliography

The American Boy's Handy Book, 1882, 1903 (still in print) The American Girl's Handy Book, 1887 (still in print) A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, 1889 (illustrator, still in print) The American Boy's Book of Sport, 1890 Moonlight and Six Feet of Romance, 1892 The Outdoor Handy Book, 1896 (still in print) Jack of All Trades, 1900, 1904? Field and Forest Handy Book, 1906 (still in print) Handicraft for Outdoor Boys, 1906 Animal Book and Campfire Stories, 1907 Boy Pioneers and Sons of Daniel Boone, 1909 Boat, Building, and Boating, 1912 (still in print) Shelters, Shacks, and Shanties, 1914 (still in print) The American Boy's Book of Bugs, Butterflies and Beetles, 1916 The American Boy's Book of Sign's, Signals and Symbols, 1918 The American Boy's Book of Camp-Lore and Woodcraft, 1920 (still in print) The American Boy's Book of Wild Animals, 1921 The Black Wolf-Pack , 1922, American Boy's Book of Birds and Brownies of the Woods, 1923 Do It Yourself, 1925 Wisdom of the Woods, 1926, 1927?