My Fellow Americans: Scouting, Diversity, and the U.S. Presidency

11/12/2014

I'm pleased to announce that USA Book News just released their list of winners and finalists for their 2014 Best Book Awards. MY FELLOW AMERICANS is the WINNER in the category of "Best Cover, Non-Fiction." It is a FINALIST in "History - United States" category and a FINALIST In the "Best Interior Design" Category!

Get this new Nationally Award-Winning book at Amazon.com, ScoutStuff.org and grab some signed and personally inscribed copies for the holidays at MyFellowAmericansBook.com.

10/23/2014

I'm pleased that SCOUTING MAGAZINE wrote a very nice review of MY FELLOW AMERICANS in their Nov-Dec issue that just hit mailboxes across the country. Please consider grabbing your copy for the Christmas season at Amazon.com or ScoutStuff.org. You can purchase personally inscribed copies at MyFellowAmericansBook.com for that special Eagle Scout, leader, parent or mentor.

07/10/2014

Always on a quest to find interesting Scouting photographs that may or may not have presidential implications, I uncovered this magnificent image that I had to share. It is of legendary aviator Charles A. Lindbergh when he was just a young Boy Scout around 1913. Always a strong proponent of Scouting, Col. Lindbergh became one of BSA's most famous alumni after completing the world's first nonstop transatlantic flight from New York to Paris in May 1927.

Now, check out some other fascinating presidential Scouting stories in my new book, MY FELLOW AMERICANS, available at www.ScoutStuff.org and at Amazon.com.

Get more information about it at www.MyFellowAmericansBook.com.

06/06/2014

Check out the very nice plug from Scouting Magazine's own Bryan Wendell in his blog today. http://blog.scoutingmagazine.org/2014/06/06/new-book-explores-how-u-s-presidents-helped-shape-scouting/

The first thing you notice when you pick up My Fellow Americans is its weight. The new book from Eagle Scout David C. Scott feels heavier than you might expect from the outside. Inside, though, Sco...

05/24/2014

With all the diversity sensitivity training currently going on within the membership of the Boy Scouts of America, I submit a photo of one of the earliest African American men ever to be an officially recognized Scoutmaster in the organization - Mr. A.H. Edmonds of Evanston, Illinois.

Knowing as early as 1910 that there was social change afoot with the formation of this "Boy Scouts of America" group that sought to improve the character of the nation's young people, Edmonds began the process of forming a troop of African American boys in his suburban community just north of Chicago a year later.

Soliciting an official unit charter from BSA National headquarters in New York, it was signed, sealed, and delivered in May 1912, making Troop 7 one of the first (if not THE first) officially chartered all-black units in the country. BSA was beginning to make an immediate and tangible impact on the social fabric of America.

Check out this and other fascinating stories within the pages of MY FELLOW AMERICANS: SCOUTING, DIVERSITY, and the U.S. PRESIDENCY available NOW at www.ScoutStuff.org and at http://www.amazon.com/My-Fellow-Americans-Diversity-Presidency/dp/0985909706

05/24/2014

I have just returned from the Boy Scouts of America's 2014 National Annual Meeting in Nashville, Tennessee, where MY FELLOW AMERICANS was released to 1,550 attendees at the Americanism Breakfast. I was very pleased to be seated with legendry journalist and National Geographic Explorer show host Boyd Matson.

05/18/2014

Although this photo is not directly associated with a U.S. president, it is simply too cool not to pass along.

It shows AP photographer Joe Rosenthal attending the weekly meeting of Troop 211 in Bethesda, Maryland on March 30, 1945 and signing prints of his famous photograph of U.S. Marines raising the American flag on Iwo Jima during World War II. Now, knowing that this was just a month after he shot that Pulitzer Prize winning image...that's what we call a Scout meeting!

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05/12/2014

In one of the more interesting presidential images we have found, this one features the incomparable William Howard Taft riding a water buffalo he named "Lunchy" while serving as President Theodore Roosevelt's governor of the Philippines post Spanish American War about 1904.

Of course, we can't actually confirm definitively that Taft named him Lunchy but that's the rumor behind the photo. And as you may recall, Taft was the heaviest U.S. chief executive ever to have graced the Oval Office, as well as being the only president to have gotten so stuck in the White House bath tub that workers had to pry him loose. But in the end, Taft had the last word on his weight issues.

Check out this and many other great presidential stories in the new book, MY FELLOW AMERICANS by David C. Scott. Also visit the book's website at www.MyFellowAmericansBook.com for more information.

It will be released May 23 at the Boy Scouts of America's National Annual Meeting in Nashville. Both Amazon.com and ScoutStuff.org are ready to take your pre-order!

05/06/2014

This wonderful moment of a Cub Scout shaking the hand of former President George W. Bush was captured by former Dallas Morning News photographer Carolyn Herter Stalder in February 2009 outside his new home in Dallas. Mr. Bush met with Circle Ten Council Scouts during their annual Scouting for Food campaign, where he contributed multiple bags of canned goods - including a couple of cans of Bush's Baked Beans.

This and many other fascinating stories are told in the new book titled MY FELLOW AMERICANS by David C. Scott, to be released as a signed Special Edition on May 23 during the Americanism Breakfast at the Boy Scouts of America's National Annual Meeting in Nashville, Tennessee.

Get more information about Mr. Bush and the other 18 presidents of the United States, who had a special relationship with Scouting at www.MyFellowAmericansBook.com. Reserve your limited first printing copy today at Amazon.com, ScoutStuff.org or at your local Scout Shop.

04/18/2014

We are pleased to announce that MY FELLOW AMERICANS will be sold at the 200+ Boy Scouts of America's official Scout Shops across the country beginning in mid-May. And yes, they are taking pre-orders under product #620093. The Scout Shop link is www.ScoutStuff.org. Check out more about the book at www.MyFellowAmericansBook.com.

Founded shortly after the dawn of the 20th century, the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) championed the forging of a stronger national citizenry by molding the good character of idle Progressive Era youth. But it was not alone –competition loomed from numerous other organizations formed with similar obje…

04/04/2014

This is the Press cover of MY FELLOW AMERICANS. Many thanks to BSA Executive Board Member Jose F. Nino for his glowing endorsement of the book.

04/04/2014

We're pleased to announce that the press files for MY FELLOW AMERICANS have been uploaded to the printer and, as of right now, the release date of May 23 at BSA's Americanism Breakfast in Nashville, Tennessee, is a go.

And for that event, we have designed a SPECIAL LIMITED EDITION dustjacket. The first 1500 attendees at the Breakfast will receive their own signed bookplate copy of this magnificent hardcover that features 392 full color pages with many images and illustrations.

03/07/2014

This is the last image of a walking Franklin D. Roosevelt taken in summer 1921 at the Bear Mountain Scout Camp in New York state. Check out more great stories and images in "My Fellow Americans" and pre-order your copy at: http://www.amazon.com/My-Fellow-Americans-Diversity-Presidency/dp/0985909706

Also, visit the book's website: www.MyFellowAmericansBook.com

02/25/2014

Here's another inside peek at the upcoming book on the relationship between the Boy Scouts of America and the U.S. presidency. Check out more about it at www.MyFellowAmericansBook.com.

02/23/2014

Although eternally stuck within the confines of Administration scandals, the affable President Warren G. Harding was a vocal supporter of Scouting. In this really cool image, Harding is shown with BSA's Annual Report delegation of 1922.

Check out more neat presidential photos at www.MyFellowAmericansBook.com - the website for the upcoming book on the relationship between BSA and the US Presidency. It's now being pre-sold at Amazon.com at: http://www.amazon.com/My-Fellow-Americans-Diversity-Presidency/dp/0985909706/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1393118452&sr=1-2&keywords=my+fellow+americans+book

01/19/2014

Amazon has lowered the price of MY FELLOW AMERICANS to 30% off cover. Pre-order your copy today at:

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Critical Praise for MY FELLOW AMERICANS''My Fellow Americans is a great, uplifting experience that is easy to read. It really reminds us not only of the impact that the presidents had on the Boy Scouts of America but also the impact that Scouting had on them. We certainly evolved together as our ...

12/12/2013

What a great honor for an Eagle Scout to es**rt the legendary Charles Lindbergh after crossing the Atlantic in 1927.

One of the most famous and admired men of his day, legendary aviator Charles Lindbergh is es**rted by two distinguished Eagle Scouts and a military officer in Chicago in 1927 after making his heroic solo fight across the Atlantic. A year later, BSA Chief Scout Executive James E. West would dub him "the Lone Scout of the Sky" in his best-selling book of the same name.

12/09/2013

I am pleased to reveal that top executives in BSA's National Office have enthusiastically endorsed the impending publication of MY FELLOW AMERICANS. In fact, I am currently adding new material that really drives home the fact of BSA's foresight with regard to inclusionary policies that were, many times, ahead of societal evolution. Further updates are that the book's publication should be early next year.

I expect to launch the website soon as well.