SIXTH EDITION HANDBOOKS

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Printing: 4,000,000 Copies / Pages: 480
Cover Art: Norman Rockwell
Author: William Hillcourt

The 6th Edition, the handbook for the baby boom generation, came out in 1959. It was the last to carry ads and the first to have color drawings on inside pages. It introduced mouth-to-mouth rescue breathing to save life and aluminum foil-cooking for outdoor chefs.  Of all the handbooks featuring Norman Rockwell's work, this is the only painting he specifically designed for a handbook cover.  Rushed at the time, he only completed the walking scout.  The background was added later by a different artist.

Thanks to the presence of penicillin and other antibiotics for treating infections, blisters were no longer frightening. Scouts were advised to wash a blister with soap and water, puncture it with the sterilized point of a pin, and cover it with a sterile dressing.
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