Boy Scouts Through the Big Timber

The Silver Fox Patrol heads into the Rocky Mountains for what should be a straightforward camping trip in the Big Timber. But the wilderness has other plans. There's the river that upsets their canoe and sends them tumbling downstream. The grizzly bear that appears at the worst possible moment. And then there are the timber cruisers skulking through the forest with suspicious motives and questionable intentions. The boys must use their scouting skills, tracking, survival instincts, and good old-fashioned courage to navigate dangers both animal and human. Rathborne wrote these adventure tales for a generation of young readers eager for excitement beyond city streets. The book captures early twentieth-century Boy Scout culture and its emphasis on loyalty, friendship, and self-reliance. This is adventure fiction at its most straightforward: boys being brave, nature being wild, and the wilderness testing what they're made of.