The Dangerous Book for Boys
The bestselling book for every boy from eight to eighty, covering essential boyhood skills such as building tree houses, learning how to fish, finding true north, and even answering the age old question of what the big deal with girls is.
In this digital age there is still a place for knots, skimming stones and stories of incredible courage. This book recaptures Sunday afternoons, stimulates curiosity, and makes for great father-son activities. The brothers Conn and Hal have put together a wonderful collection of all things that make being young or young at heart fun—building go-carts and electromagnets, identifying insects and spiders, and flying the world's best paper airplanes.
The completely revised American Edition includes:
The Greatest Paper Airplane in the World
The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
The Five Knots Every Boy Should Know
Stickball
Slingshots
Fossils
Building a Treehouse
Making a Bow and Arrow
Fishing (revised with US Fish)
Timers and Tripwires
Baseball's "Most Valuable Players"
Famous Battles-Including Lexington and Concord, The Alamo, and Gettysburg
Spies-Codes and Ciphers
Making a Go-Cart
Navajo Code Talkers' Dictionary
Girls
Cloud Formations
The States of the U.S.
Mountains of the U.S.
Navigation
The Declaration of Independence
Skimming Stones
Making a Periscope
The Ten Commandments
Common US Trees
Timeline of American History
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637 Reviews
| From: Amazon Posted: May 11, 2008 Type: User Review |
Boys just wanna Have Fun
Remember the classic days when tanning skins, playing chess, and archery were naturally part of a boy's education? Welcome back!
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 5.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: May 06, 2008 Type: User Review |
A great book for all boys (and parents of boys)
This book is a wonderful, educational, coming of age book for all boys. It includes all kinds of stuff that every boy needs to know. I picked this up for my brother who just became the daddy of a little boy and he was very excited to see all the...
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5.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Apr 28, 2008 Type: User Review |
Great for Boys and everyone else, too!
Bought this for my son. He keeps it by his bed and opens it randomly to find something interesting.
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5.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Apr 28, 2008 Type: User Review |
Only one issue with this book...
I bought this for my nephew. I had thumbed through it at the toy store about a month ago and liked what I saw so I thought I would give it a shot. Of course there's no pleasing everyone. Upon closer inspection after receiving this book I was a bit...
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 4.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Apr 21, 2008 Type: User Review |
This book has everything!
Such a wonderful treasury of lost information and just plain fun, fundamental knowledge for young men. A must buy...
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5.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Apr 21, 2008 Type: User Review |
A Great Book -- Better than Similar Volumes
There are now (2008) several books of this genre on
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5.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Apr 18, 2008 Type: User Review |
Great fun!
It is a very fun book and it had great inspiring stories. A great gift to handy guys.
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5.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Apr 18, 2008 Type: User Review |
Great book for boys (and girls)
This is a wonderful book! A great way to really connect with your youngsters and get their minds working in a creative, yet logical way. They won't want to watch tv all day if they can work with a parent on these project ideas!
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5.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Apr 12, 2008 Type: User Review |
Excellent!
"(Dmachone"coffeeswirls")" REALLY did a great job summing up/reviewing this book. I'm gonna be brief, but this is recommended by ME and many people to every boy. As the book says, Father, son, grandparent, this book will bring you back to a day...
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5.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Apr 08, 2008 Type: User Review |
Great!!!
This is a great book for boys of all ages. You will find anything and everything in this book. Get this book for any boy (or man) in your life & I can assure you they will be pleased!
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5.00/5 |
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