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Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social groups & communities > Associations, clubs, societies
Exploding tins of beans over a campfire. Hammering down tent pegs
in the rain. Marching for hours, singing for days, and playing
'Bulldog's Charge' at every opportunity. This Scouting Life is a
story about the experiences shared by millions of people worldwide,
and in communities all across Ireland. For the author, Archie
Raeside, this is the story of how an eight-year-old boy in Dublin
of 1947 decides he wants to become a Scout and how that desire
becomes a reality. As the author rose through the ranks, his
memories paint a picture of a changing organisation and a changing
Ireland, recounting his involvement with Presidency of Eamon De
Valera and the visit of Pope John Paul in 1979. This is a book that
tells the story of one man's life within the Irish Scouts, but in
the memories he evokes and the scenes he recaptures, this is a book
about a simpler time of which we were all a part.
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