Offered in this lot is a Signed First Edition of, "Scouting on Two Continents" by Major Frederick Russell Burnham, D. S. O., publisher Doubleday, Page & Company, 1927. Provenance: Tombstone Western Heritage Museum, Tombstone, Arizona. Book was addressed to Stuart N. Lake, author of the 1931 biography of Wyatt Earp, "Wyatt Earp: Frontier Marshal". Frederick Burnham Russell (1861-1947) was an American scout and world-traveling adventurer, a remarkable figure who revolutionized the art of scouting in both the British and United States armies. He is known for his service to the British South Africa Company and to the British Army in colonial Africa, and for teaching woodcraft to Robert Baden-Powell in Rhodesia. Burnham helped inspire the founding of the international Scouting Movement. Frederick Burnham Russell has been described as the “Father of Scouting.” He fought in the Pleasant Valley War, Apache Wars, the First and Second Matabele Wars as well as the Second Boer War. The maroon coloured cloth bound gold gilt hardcover is in good overall condition, scuffing and loose spine noted. Intact pages exhibit age tanning and foxing. Measures 6"W x 9.25"L x 1.5"D, weight is 2lb, 2oz.