I was eight when a grown man in khaki shorts and black knee socks presented me with a book that would change my life: The Boy Scout Handbook. The secrets of the world, in one squat twopound reference book. Over the next few years I’d use it to learn how to build a campfire without matches, the correct way to wear the neckerchief, and a skill I still use every day, correct knot tying. If you spot me leaving Home Depot with lumber on my roof this weekend, you can bet it’s secured to my car with a clove hitch.