Third edition (1927-1940)

Revised Handbook for Boys, third edition (1927-1940; 3.5 million copies printed). Author credit: BSA Editorial Board & various experts (H. W. Hurt, Editor).


Artist Norman Rockwell made a last-minute change to his design for the front cover of the third edition of the Handbook (1927-1940), adding an image of Charles Lindbergh (far right center), who had just made his famous solo flight to France.

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