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Major Frederick Russell Burnham DSO (May 11, 1861 – September 1, 1947) was an American scout and world-traveling adventurer. 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.
Feb 3, 2016 · FREDERICK RUSSELL BURNHAM (1861-1947) spent his life moving from frontier to frontier in search of excitement and fortune. He found both. More adventurer than soldier, Burnham lived through some of the grittiest wars of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He first served as a scout during the Apache Wars in the Territory of Arizona.
Mar 20, 2016 · For a biographer, Frederick Russell Burnham is a gift with some sharp edges. His life (1861-1947) was overstuffed with thrilling incidents. He was friends with people who shaped history,...
- Steve Kemper
Jan 27, 2016 · Culture Books & Media. Frederick Russell Burnham Is the Most Interesting Man in the World. A rollicking new book examines the extraordinary, nearly forgotten life of the american scout and...
Frederick Russell Burnham was an American Scout, as well an adventurer and world traveler. He was a horseback messenger with Western Union by age 13. After ranging over much of the American southwest and Mexico, he offered his services to Cecil Rhodes and the British South Africa Company.
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Frederick Russell Burnham DSO (May 11, 1861 – September 1, 1947) was an American scout and world-traveling adventurer. 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.
Feb 21, 2017 · Frederick Russell Burnham’s (1861–1947) amazing story resembles a newsreel fused with a Saturday matinee thriller. One of the few people who could turn his garrulous friend Theodore Roosevelt into a listener, Burnham was once world-famous as “the American scout.”
- Steve Kemper
