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Percy Keese Fitzhugh Boy Scout Author

Percy Keese Fitzhugh (1876 - 1950) From the beginning, Americans loved the idea of Boy Scouting. During the 4 years following its inception, the membership of the Boy Scouts swelled 400%. Many authors of boys' fiction, hoping to cash in on this excitement, produced several series with Scouts as central characters. The problem was that these books often did not reflect the Boy Scouts' program or mission. There was one author who changed all that. He was a staunchly patriotic American, a lover of literature, and one of the most prolific authors of boys' fiction; far and away the leader in the world of Scouting based stories. No other Boy Scout author, then or now has ever come close to matching his output or popularity. It is safe to say that many thousands of boys joined the Scouts because of this one man's writings. And now, over eighty years later, he still has fans, they refer to him affectionately as PKF. This is his story. . .

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Product Details:
Author: Jeff Rhoads
Paperback: 58 pages
Publisher: BookSurge Publishing
Publication Date: March 20, 2007
Language: English
ISBN: 1419662694
Package Length: 10.0 inches
Package Width: 7.0 inches
Package Height: 0.14 inches
Package Weight: 0.37 pounds
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5Shines a light on the man behind the Bridgeboro Scouts  Oct 27, 2008
By Karen L. Black
Percy Keese Fitzhugh was an established writer and journalist in the early 20th century, but it is for his 60-odd books starring the Boy Scouts of Troop 1, Bridgeboro, NJ that he is remembered today. If he is remembered, which is a shame. For his stories starring Tom Slade, Roy Blakeley, Westy Martin and the unsinkable Pee-Wee Harris compare favorably with the better-known series of boys' books and are as fun to read today as ever.

Mr. Rhoads came across Fitzhugh's work accidently and enjoyed them. Not finding a biography of the author, he wrote one himself. In addition to biographic data, he shows how Fitzhugh and the early Boy Scouts of America shaped each other.

"Percy Keese Fitzhugh, Boy Scout Author" is a book any fan of Scouting fiction will find interesting.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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