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By Michael S. Malone
Four percentage is among the so much whole histories of the Boy Scouts of the United States ever written – and the 1st to target the awesome tale of Eagle Scouts. Award-winning writer Michael S. Malone, himself an Eagle, brings the attention of a veteran journalist to a narrative that for too lengthy has been wrapped in fantasy and prejudice – and uncovers the most very important, yet least celebrated, pursuits in smooth American history.
Four percentage is greater than only a background of the Eagle Scout rank, but in addition the tale of many Eagles – a President of the USA, dozens of astronauts (including Neil Armstrong), Medal of Honor recipients, Nobel prize profitable scientists, authors, motion picture stars, titans of undefined, Senators, Congressmen and Governors, civil rights leaders, and group activists – who've remodeled the face of the United States over the past century. one in every of Malone’s significant contributions during this e-book is his discovery that the neighborhood carrier venture requirement for the Eagle rank has led to the good adolescence provider initiative in background: greater than a hundred million hours dedicated to enhancing the nation’s groups and neighborhoods.
Filled with brilliant ancient anecdotes, compelling profiles, and miraculous evidence, Malone has dropped at 4 percentage the attention of a world-class author, the insider adventure of being an Eagle Scout himself, and the objectivity of a profession journalist, to supply the easiest e-book ever approximately America’s Eagles – and even perhaps approximately Boy Scouting itself.
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"FOUR percentage is the easiest, and so much sincere, booklet ever written in regards to the Boy Scouts of America."
- Tom Hayes, The Huffington Post
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