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    The Adventurous Boy's Handbook: For Ages 9 to 99
    The Adventurous Boy's Handbook: For Ages 9 to 99
    The Adventurous Boy's Handbook: For Ages 9 to 99
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    The Adventurous Boy's Handbook: For Ages 9 to 99

    By Stephen Brennan

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    Stephen and Finn Brennan, father and son, know what's really fun for boys of all ages. The Adventurous Boy's Handbook is filled with idea, explanations, and instructions for games, sports, and activities ranging from stargazing, baseball, and animal tracking to sign language, magic and archaeology.

    Included in this invaluable book: step-by-step guides to pitching a tent, building an ice-yacht, shooting a bow and arrow, and fending off a shark attack. The Adventurous Boy's Handbook promises endless days and nights filled with orienteering, cowboying, sailing, and so much more. No boy should leave home without it!
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSkyhorse
    Release dateJun 17, 2008
    ISBN9781626369580
    The Adventurous Boy's Handbook: For Ages 9 to 99

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