Rex Hazlewood

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Nationality British
Occupation Editor of The Scout and The Scouter magazines Known for Long-serving official of The Boy Scouts Association of the United Kingdom Notable work The Campfire Leader's Book, Scout Camps: A Book for Scouters, The Gilwell Camp Fire Book: Songs and yells from fifty years of Scouting Books Camp Catering and Cooking, Camping for Boys and Girls, The Patrol Goes to Camp, Scouting

Rex Hazlewood was a long-serving official of The Scout Association, as its editor of The Scout and The Scouter magazines and author of articles, pamphlets and books on Scouting.

Works

Hazlewood wrote a number of instructional Scouting books, primarily on the subject of Scoutcraft. Many of his books were co-authored with his friend John Thurman.

1949: The Campfire Leader's Book (with John Thurman)

1952: Scout Camps: A Book for Scouters (with John Thurman)

1957: The Gilwell Camp Fire Book: Songs and yells from fifty years of Scouting (with John Thurman)

1958: The Scoutmaster's guide from A to Z (revised and retitled in 1968 as The Scout leader's guide from A to Z)

1959: Some Training Ideas for Scouts (with John Thurman)

1960: Camping (with John Thurman)

1961: B-P's Scouts: an official history of The Boy Scouts Association Colins, London (with Henry Collis and Fred Hurll)

1961: The Scout Annual – 1962 C. Arthur Pearson Ltd.

1962: The Second Gilwell Camp Fire Book: A further collection of songs and yells from fifty years of Scouting (with John Thurman)

1964: Summer Camp All Year Round (with John Thurman)

1969: The Gilwell Story (with John Thurman)

References

Rex Hazlewood Wikipedia

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