This is a 1st impression October 12, 1901. Seton published this book during the time he was having problems with his father, with the result being he changed his last name. He later went back to Seton but he never got back with his father. Seton was one of the original founders of the Boy Scouts of America along with Lord Baden Powell. Seton was the first leader of the Boy Scouts. Seton was an artist, a story teller and a scientist. One of a kind.