Introduction: my unexpected detour -- Year 1 -- Canoeing at Jerry's -- Trustworthy, loyal, helpful -- Troop 1 and other chappaquacks -- Gathering of the tribes -- The hero of mafeking -- A winter hike on the a.t. -- Gear, God and the klondike derby -- The church of the woods -- Terra incognita -- Summer camp 1 - the zen of scout socks -- Year 2 -- Peaks and valleys -- Boy scouts of America vs. James Dale -- Summer camp 2 - Baden-Powell meets Bob Dylan -- Year 3 -- Eagles, ordeals and other transitions -- Summer camp 3 - going for the gold -- A final trip.
