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Part One: Robert Baden-Powell: Founder Of The Boy Scouts

Behind the Bastards

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The Sexuality of Robert Baiden Powell

Tim Gile is convinced that Robert Baiden Powell was gay. He falls madly in love with a young army officer named Kenneth McLaren, who he called the boy. The two bunked together, which also says something. When the boy was captured by Boers during the siege of Meficke, Baiden Powell had to be stopped from trying to rescue him.

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