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Long before 'danger' became the book for boys, there was the beloved classic of generations of young boys, ""The American Boys Handy Book"" by Daniel Beard. Specially designed to provide loads of ideas for adventures and games, both indoors and out, during each season of the year, ""The American Boys Handy Book"" was originally published in 1882 and became an instant bestseller. Now, Tuttle Publishing is bringing this much-loved book back in to print for a new generation of boys to enjoy. If you're not too young to fly a kite, or too old to enjoy a day's good fishing, ""The American Boys Handy Book"" is chock full of games and hobbies intended just for you! Daniel Beard firmly believed in letting boys make their own playthings, which encourages them to value their work and gain the skills needed to successfully invent, construct and dream.

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Daniel Beard was born in 1850 and lived most of his life in Kentucky. From an early age, Beard decided to devote his life to American boyhood. He was a prolific writer, illustrator, the founder of two different societies for boys and one of the original founding members of the Boy Scouts of America. Beard's writings were a great influence on Theodore Roosevelt and Gifford Pinchot, and helped impress the need for preserving America's forests on them. Before his death in 1941, Beard received the only Golden Eagle badge ever awarded for his work from the Boy Scouts of America, and had the mountain peak adjoining Mt. McKinley in Alaska named in his honour.

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