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Steve Kemper, “A Splendid Savage: The Restless Life of Frederick Russell Burnham” (W. W. Norton, 2016)

2016/6/13
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In A Splendid Savage: The Restless Life of Frederick Russell Burnham) (W. W. Norton, 2016), freelance journalist Steve Kemper) details the adventurous, wandering life of the man who later inspired the creation of the Boy Scouts. Tracking Burnham’s journeys from the American frontier all the way to Africa, Kemper vividly unpacks this story of this exciting life, setting it in historical context and analyzing its ambiguities.

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