The Boy Scouts' First Camp Fire; Or, Scouting with the Silver Fox Patrol

The year is 1910. The Boy Scouts of America is barely two years old, and across America, boys are lacing up their boots for the first time, dreaming of wilderness and adventure. This is their story. Thad Brewster leads the Silver Fox Patrol down a dusty country road, a dozen boys buzzing with anticipation for their first campfire in the wild. There's Bumpus, the stout bugler who will soon find himself wedged in a tree stump chasing honey, and the rest of the crew, each boy a different shade of earnest, excitable courage. What follows is a catalogue of small triumphs and mishaps: building fires that won't stay lit, navigating forest trails, learning to rely on each other in ways no classroom ever taught. The stakes are simple but real: will these boys prove themselves worthy of the scout name? For readers who loved Tom Sawyer, who dreamed of campfires and badges, who know that the greatest adventure is growing up.