BSA Norman Rockwell's Boy Scouts of America Review

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(More customer reviews)When I was a scout, the paintings of Norman Rockwell set the tone of what scouting was. Or should be. When I got the 9th edition of the Boy Scout Handbook, I loved the use of Rockwell's painting in it.
There was also a great book by William Hillcourt ("Green Bar Bill") on Rockwell's work. It collected his calender artwork and some (too few) of his other Boy Scout work. It was a while before I could find a copy, but it became an important part of my collection of scouting works.
Now, in time for the BSA's 100th Anniversary, we have this excellent book presenting all of Rockwell's Boy Scout calender artwork, as well as Joseph Csatari's work, which continued the tradition. In addition, we see some of Rockwell's other Boy Scout artwork. And we get some great writeups and extra information about many of the pieces (and the people in them). For some, this is the first time I've seen them in larger size, and I picked up details I wasn't aware of previously.
If I have any complaint, its that with a few of the pieces, we don't get a large size color picture. One was reproduced in black and white, and a few were reproduced in smaller size, showing their use as Boys' Life covers and the like. I would have really liked to have seen all the pieces reproduces as full page color pieces.
But still, this is a great book, and one every scouting family should have.

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Since the beginning of the Scouting movement in America 100 years ago, events have been recorded in paintings and drawings by an official artist. Remarkably, there have been just two official artists in all that time: Norman Rockwell and Joseph Csatari. Through brushstrokes of oil paint on canvas, the artists chronicle the history of Scouting in America - from campouts, hikes, and pinewood derby races to the Scouts public service initiatives throughout their long history. Their artwork celebrates the boyhood joys of Scouting whilst illustrating a code of honor and ideals that has shaped generations of young men.

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