Running Toward Danger: Real Life Scouting Action Stories of Heroism, Valor & Guts, by Michael S. Malone
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RUNNING TOWARD DANGER is a book that will shock you, give you chills, and make you cheer! It is one of the least-known and least-presented major awards offered by the Boy Scouts of America. But similar to the Eagle Scout medal, it also is highly celebrated--perhaps more. It's the Honor Medal for Lifesaving. In its various forms, it embodies the Medal of Merit for saving a life, the Honor Medal for doing so at personal risk, and the Honor Medal with crossed palms for extreme personal risk--all that has made Scouting an honored American icon for over a century. During those decades, a little more than a thousand of the highest medals have been awarded to Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts, Explorers, Venturers, Varsity Scouts, and adult volunteers. And every one of those rescues is an unforgettable story. RUNNING TOWARD DANGER is the first book that tells the extraordinary saga of Scouting's Honor Medal recipients and how the award itself transformed American life. It is the product of extensive original research into the BSA's national archives, vintage newspaper accounts, and interviews of recent recipients. The narrative includes more than 150 accounts of the most remarkable and hair-raising Honor Medal rescues of the last century. Also, it uncovers the crisis in the early days of the award that ultimately changed the direction of Scouting and brought intensive first aid, lifesaving, and safety training to the nation's youth. RUNNING TOWARD DANGER is filled with extraordinary characters. First among equals is the buckskinned sophisticate, co-founder of Scouting, and friend of U.S. presidents, Daniel Carter Beard, who created the Honor Medal and then nearly drove it to disaster. But there also are hundreds of young men and women who find themselves in the most terrifying situations imaginable, fly into action, and not only survive but also save others in the process. It is a narrative that swings from a lonely, lightning-scorched mountain top to an isolated farmhouse, to crowded urban neighborhoods, to shark-filled waters-- each story presenting its own dangers that demands a clear-minded and smart strategy, requiring an abundance of bravery from its young rescuers. For Scouts and their families these stories are the best lessons imaginable on what makes Scouting great and what the character-building training programs of the Boy Scouts of America develop in young people. But this also is a book for all Americans that celebrates the courage and resourcefulness of our nation's youth. You never will forget these remarkable stories of young people who, when met with the ultimate challenge, don't hesitate to run toward danger to help others. RUNNING TOWARD DANGER is a landmark testament within the story of the American Scouting movement and is a worthy companion to author Michael S. Malone's award-winning history of Eagle Scouting, FOUR PERCENT.
Running Toward Danger: Real Life Scouting Action Stories of Heroism, Valor & Guts, by Michael S. Malone - Amazon Sales Rank: #1049939 in eBooks
- Published on: 2015-11-17
- Released on: 2015-11-17
- Format: Kindle eBook
Running Toward Danger: Real Life Scouting Action Stories of Heroism, Valor & Guts, by Michael S. Malone Review Yesterday, I received Running Toward Danger: Real Live Scouting Action Stories of Heroism, Valor & Guts (WindRush Publishers) in the mail. It was a gift from Michael S. Malone, the author.
Malone, who wrote Four Percent: The Story of Uncommon Youth in a Century of American Life, may have another bestseller with this book (Amazon lists Four Percent in its top 100 best sellers even now three years later). But from the moment you pick up his new book you are in for a rare reading experience.
The pages look and feel like my old World Book you know, that thick-paged, slick feeling that invites a serious long read. The book's layout moves from one to three columns with varying fonts, type sizes and colors. The illustrations are like a Marvel comic. In all it grabs your eye and moves you forward in a flow of fascinating copy and visual excitement.
I read fifty of the 384 pages in one sitting, but not because of the feel or look, but for the insight into early BSA history and a country that expected Scouts to save lives, which they did. I also love the insights into a nation of boys so eager for Scouting that our fledgling office could not keep up with the demand for awards for which boys qualified.
As an example, Arthur Eldred, BSA's first Eagle Scout, was so taken by Scouting that in just two years he had qualified for the Eagle award, months before BSA would actually have the badges.
These success stories in American history finally get the telling they deserve; this is the story of a century of the Boy Scout Honor Medal for Lifesaving and its impact on American life.
Scouting volunteer David Scott, publisher of Running Toward Danger, did the math and came up with the staggering number of how many people are alive today because of Scouting heroism.
''An estimated 3 to 5 million people, the equivalent of a city the size of Houston and Chicago, are alive today in the U.S. because they, or one of their parents and grandparents, had their life saved by a Boy Scout,'' Scott says. ''No volunteer lifesaving program ... has had such an impact on a country.''
Scott says ''most people have never heard of the Honor Medal. Little more than a thousand of the highest order medals (for risking one's own life to save another) have been earned since 1912, and just 13,000 of the lowest three orders (for saving a life at little or no personal risk in the same period). These are stories of the most incredible acts of risk and bravery: stories that scream to be told and re-told,'' he said.
I agree. Scouts may have read about a Scout saving someone in Boy's Life, but they re probably not aware of this unique heroism award and certainly they need to hear each of these amazing action stories.
I think Malone sent me a copy so that our editorial staff might share some of its inspiration with readers. However after reading for several hours last evening, I wouldn't know how to share the inspiration it offers properly you will have to get your own copy.
--Darryl Alder --Utah Scouting executive and author at VoiceofScouting.org
About the Author Michael S. Malone is one of the world's best-known technology and business writers. He has covered Silicon Valley and high-tech for more than 25 years, beginning with the San Jose Mercury News as the nation's first daily high-tech reporter, and later, investigative reporter. His articles and editorials have appeared in such publications as The Wall Street Journal, The Economist, the New York Times and Fortune. He was editor of Forbes ASAP, the world's largest-circulation business-tech magazine, at the height of the dot-com boom.
Malone is the author or co-author of more than twenty award-winning books, notably the best-selling, The Virtual Corporation, Bill and Dave (named by Financial Advisor magazine as ''the best business biography of all time''), The Future Arrived Yesterday, The Intel Trinity (named by 800CEORead as the Best Business Book of 2014), as well as, Learning Curve, the first novel of his Silicon Valley Quartet.
Malone also has hosted three nationally syndicated public television interview series and co-produced the Emmy-nominated primetime PBS miniseries on social entrepreneurs, ''The New Heroes.'' Malone holds an MBA from Santa Clara University, where he is currently an adjunct professor. He is also an associate fellow of the Said Business School at Oxford University and is a Distinguished Friend of Oxford.
Currently an assistant Scoutmaster in Sunnyvale, California, Malone is the first person ever to earn both the NESA Outstanding Eagle Scout and Distinguished Eagle Scout Awards.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. The BSA Honor Medal for Life Saving! By Amazon Customer Outstanding and long overdue book on the history and stories of scouts and adult scouters who perform feats of extreme heroism and valor at considerable or extreme risk to their own life.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful. Great book By Amazon Customer Wow,My wife and I are huge history buffs and noticed this book from the cover design. The description of the book was a big reason to purchase the book because I had not heard very much about these awards. I received it yesterday and have not been able to put it down, this is a beautiful book with a great design that works with the stories. These stories are amazing, especially when you realize that it is young boys doing these amazing things. Phenomenal!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Loved the book hated the print By Donald J. Kulowski Loved the book hated the print. Print changes sizes and format sometimes on same page. I enjoyed the book other wise.
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