Daniel Carter Beard, 1850-1941, "Uncle Dan" originally had an organized program for young boys called the Sons of Daniel Boone in 1906 which was another inspiration to Lord Robert Baden-Powell for the foundation of the "Boy Scouts."

Beard was a Freemason.

Bibliography

• American Boy's Handy Book, 1882, 1903 (still in print)
• The American Girl's Handy Book, 1887 (still in print)
• The American Boy's Book of Sport, 1890
• Moonlight and Six Feet of Romance, 1892
• The Outdoor Handy Book , 1896 (still in print)
• Jack of All Trades, 1900, 1904?
• Field and Forest Handy Book, 1906 (still in print)
• Animal Book and Campfire Stories, 1907
• Boy Pioneers and Sons of Daniel Boone, 1909
• Boat, Building, and Boating, 1912 (still in print)
• Shelters, Shacks, and Shanties, 1914 (still in print)
• The American Boy's Book of Bugs, Butterflies and Beetles, 1916
• The American Boy's Book of Sign's, Signals and Symbols, 1918
• The American Boy's Book of Camp-Lore and Woodcraft, 1920
• The American Boy's Book of Wild Animals, 1921
• The Black Wolf-Pack , 1922,
• American Boy's Book or Birds and Brownies of the Woods, 1923
• Do It Yourself, 1925
• Wisdom of the Woods, 1926, 1927?
• Buckskin Book For Buckskin Men and Boys, 1929
• Hardly A Man is Now Alive, 1939 (his autobiography)

External Links

• http://www.bartleby.com/65/be/Beard-Da.html
• http://www.dacbsa.org/Awards/Daniel-Carter-Beard-Award.htm
• http://histclo.hispeed.com/youth/youth/org/nat/us/boone.htm
• The Boy Pioneers: Sons of Daniel Boone
• The Outdoor Handy Book
• The American Boy's Handy Book
• Field and Forest Handy Book
• Shelters, Shacks, Shanties