AFRICAN ADVENTURES
Lord Baden-Powell of Gilwell

This is B-P’s own account of his journeys around Africa in 1937 and is scattered with reminiscences of earlier tours and his military service. The book is illustrated with simple, yet charming, black and white line drawings. On this visit the B-Ps visited sixteen ‘Scout Centres’ and on the return cruise, the Scouting communities on Ascension Island and St. Helena.

There is no conclusion but a ‘Farewell’; B-P it must be remembered was 81 at the time. The ‘Farewell’ however is not so much a ‘last message’, more a giving of veiled notice of his intention to return to Africa to live. It’s not that far away says B-P "If you are in a hurry it only takes four and half days by air."

Reproduced by permission. © C. R. Walker, 2003. This excerpt is taken from the Web Page "A Baden-Powell Bibliography," which is part of the Scouting Milestones Website at http://www.scouting.milestones.btinternet.co.uk/milestones.htm

Table of Contents

Frontispiece
Pentwall
Chapter I. Off To Africa
Chapter II. Tugs
Chapter III. Marseilles
Chapter IV. Egypt
Chapter V. The Red Sea—Port Sudan—Aden
Chapter VI. British East Africa
Chapter VII. Africa From The Air
Chapter VIII. The Jamboree At East London
Chapter IX. Durban
Chapter X. Through South Africa
Chapter XI. Rhodesia
Chapter XII. Two- And Four-Legged Animals
Chapter XIII. St. Helena, Ascension, And Home

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