The Scouting Party: Pioneering and Preservation, Progressivism and Preparedness in the Making of the Boy Scouts of America
Dallas nativeDavid C. Scotthas been involved with Scouting for over 30 years. As a 1981 recipient of the Eagle Scout award, including 5 Eagle palms, Mr. Scott grew-up in the Circle 10 Council and prospered under quality adult tutelage as a Cub Scout as well as a Boy Scout. A Vigil Honor member in the Order of the Arrow and a Wood Badge recipient, he graduated Vanderbilt University in 1988 with a B.A. in Psychology and continued onward to SMU, where he earned a master's degree in Applied Economics in 1993.In addition to scribing his quarterly column for the International Scouting Collector's AssociationJournalon various topics on Scouting's history, Dave is the author ofWe Are Americans, We Are Scouts- a book that takes the words and stories of President Theodore Roosevelt and places them into the framework of the ideals of the Boy Scouts of America.Brendan Murphy, a former United Press International foreign correspondent and financial writer, is the author of two books on the Second World War in France:The Butcher of Lyon, the story of Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie; andTurncoat, about British secret agent-turned-traitor Harold Cole. He has contributed to theAtlantic Monthlyand numerous other publications. Mr. Murphy lives in Washington, D.C., where since 2005 he has been the coordinator of the Voice of America Zimbabwe Project which broadcasts nightly radio news to the Southern African country.