OREST SUBTELNYI
Plast: Unique History of the Ukrainian Scout Movement
Toronto: Plast Publishing, 2016. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0968490247. Stiff unmarked book in illustrated boards; about new . In English; 439 pages; In this book, the outstanding historian Orest Subtelny, the author of Ukraine: History , describes how in 1911 a small group of teachers, whose countrymen had to live under foreign rule, at the crossroads of empires, took the ideas of Baden-Powell as a basis, adapted them to circumstances and created a scouting organization for the improvement of Ukrainian youth, giving hope to the entire Ukrainian nation. During its existence, the organization has undergone many trials - repression, wars, emigration, scattering around the world - to finally be reborn in free Ukraine. It was an amazing journey, a truly unique story. (from the back cover). Fine with No dust jacket as issued .
Boeknummer: 64373
USD 32.00 [Appr.: EURO 29.5]
Trefwoorden: 0968490247