Library
Below is our compiled list of books related to Rovering, Scouting and other skills we find useful. Most of these are in PDF format and you will need Adobe Reader 8 or Foxit Reader to view them. You can download Foxit Reader here.
Our recommended reads are marked with a *** at the end!
Rovering Books:
- The Rover Handbook (Official Rover Document of the South African Scout Association)***
- Rovering To Success (Original Rover book written by BP himself)***
-
Rover Scouting (The 1933 companion to Rovering to Success)
- Rover Scouts (British Scout Associations book about Rovering)
- Rover Scouting (Scouts Canadas handbook for Rovering)
- Gilcrafts Rover Scouts (A useful combination of international Rover info)***
- 100 Ideas For Crew Meetings (A bunch of brainstormed ideas for random activities)
- 500 Ideas For Venture & Rover Scouts (Even more random activities)
- Gilcrafts Rover Squire (Some info about Squiring in general)
Official SASA Literature:
- Scout Badge Book (Find additional badges here)
- Seamanship Manual ***
- Pro-Plan Charts
- PO&R
1st Aid & Life Saving:
- Saving Life (An original book written by BP)
Backwoods Survival & Veldcraft:
- Gilcrafts Training in Tracking
- Patrol Series: Signalling For The Patrol
- Patrol Series: Training In Observation
- Patrol Series: Backwoods Cooking
- US Army Multiservice Survival, Evasion & Recovery Manual (Covers all aspects and is a great read!) ***
Cooking:
Mapping:
Pioneering:
-
Pioneering (A compendium of Scout pioneering ideas)
- Rope Splicing (Everything you need to know about splicing ropes)
- Pioneering Principles
- Progressive Pioneering
- Pioneering Projects (Even more pioneering ideas)
- Fun With Ropes & Spars
- Gilcrafts Knotting
- Patrol Series: Knotting For Scouts
- Patrol Series: More Knotting For Scouts
- Knots, Splices & Rope Work, by AH Verril***
- Pioneering Projects, Big & Small
- Mastering The Art of Knots & Splices
Miscellaneous:
- The Scout & His Axe (Everything you need to know about axes)
-
Gilcrafts Widegames ***
