{"id":5101,"date":"2017-01-20T10:10:33","date_gmt":"2017-01-20T15:10:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.melrosetroop68.org\/blog\/?p=5101"},"modified":"2017-01-18T22:49:25","modified_gmt":"2017-01-19T03:49:25","slug":"dan-carter-cub-scout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.melrosetroop68.org\/blog\/?p=5101","title":{"rendered":"Dan Carter Cub Scout"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.melrosetroop68.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/DanCarterBooks-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-5102\" src=\"https:\/\/www.melrosetroop68.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/DanCarterBooks-1-600x800.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.melrosetroop68.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/DanCarterBooks-1-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.melrosetroop68.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/DanCarterBooks-1-188x250.jpg 188w, https:\/\/www.melrosetroop68.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/DanCarterBooks-1-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.melrosetroop68.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/DanCarterBooks-1.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a>Like I stated in the previous\u00a0post, I collect Scouting memorabilia. A large portion of the collection is books: handbooks, merit badge books, Fieldbooks, training books, and fictional novels. Most of the fictional novels are from the 1910&#8217;s through the 1920&#8217;s.<\/p>\n<p>Last year\u00a0I found a set of four books in a comic book shop in Alexandria. I almost looked past\u00a0them. After all, you do not expect to see Scouting books in a comic book store, but the edge design of the books happen to catch my eye since they are similar to other fictional Scouting themed novels from the early 1900&#8217;s. The dust jacket on the one book gave a clue\u00a0that this could be a Scouting series. I was right. This Dan Carter, Cub Scout series, written by Mildred Wirt, was printed from 1949-1953.<\/p>\n<p>I looked them over, thought about the price marked on the books, and decided they would make a nice addition to my collection, especially since the one book still had the dust jacket, which I have since discovered makes a book more collectable to some collectors.<\/p>\n<p>Later, I took a look in the iTunes store to see if these books were available as digital versions. They were! A six book mega-pack was available for a very reasonable price. Yes, you read that correctly. There are six books in the series which means I am missing two of them. Oh well, I have the digital versions so I may read all six books, when I find the time to do so. I have too many books sitting on my bookshelves waiting to be read, and more on my iPad.<\/p>\n<p>Do you collect old Scouting themed books? Which ones do you have?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Like I stated in the previous\u00a0post, I collect Scouting memorabilia. A large portion of the collection is books: handbooks, merit badge books, Fieldbooks, training books, and fictional novels. Most of the fictional novels are from the 1910&#8217;s through the 1920&#8217;s. Last year\u00a0I found a set of four books in a comic book shop in Alexandria. 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