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Jaroslav Foglar

Writer, editor-in-chief of the magazines Mladý hlasatel, Junák and Vpřed, an important methodologist, and the long-time scout leader of the 2nd Prague troop. He offered his experience, ideas, and programme tips to others through magazines and later through books that were part story, part methodological handbook, such as Kronika Ztracené stopy (The Chronicle of the Lost Trail) and Náš oddíl (Our Troop). His first short story, Vítězství (Victory), was published in Skaut Junák magazine in December 1923. Ten years later, he published the serialised novel Boj o první místo (The Fight for First Place) in the same magazine. This was quickly followed by the books Hoši od Bobří řeky (The Boys from Beaver River), Přístav volá (The Port Is Calling) and two dozen others. Along with many short stories and comics, led by the Rychlé šípy (Fast Arrows), these became essential reading for several generations of young people. His legacy, including the copyrights, is managed by the Jaroslav Foglar Scout Foundation.