FOR ALMOST THREE DECADES, BEARD HAD A DIRECT ASSOCIATION WITH YOUNG BOYS THROUGH HIS INVOLVEMENT WITH OUTDOOR SUMMER WOODCRAFT CAMPS. HIS FIRST INVOLVEMENT WAS WITH THE CULVER MILITARY ACADEMY WOODCRAFT CAMP FROM 1912- 1915. FROM 1916-1938 HE STRUCTURED THE DAN BEARD OUTDOOR SCHOOL FOR BOYS, LATER CHANGED TO THE DAN BEARD CAMP, INC., ON LAKE TEEDYUSKUNG, NEAR HAWLEY, PENNSYLVANIA. THIS IS A BOOK ABOUT THESE EARLY CAMPS FOUNDED ON SOUND PRINCIPLES BY DANIEL CARTER BEARD, AMERICA'S MOST POPULAR BOY SCOUT LEADER FROM 1910 - 1941 WHO KNEW WOODCRAFT, AND BOYS, AND LOVED THEM BOTH.