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product_id: 98968426
title: "The Dangerous Book for Boys: Go-carts, treehouses, knots, spies, and famous battles—classic hands-on adventures for boys 8 to 80 and father-son fun."
price: "R415"
currency: ZAR
in_stock: false
url: https://www.desertcart.co.za/products/98968426-the-dangerous-book-for-boys-go-carts-treehouses-knots-spies
store_origin: ZA
region: South Africa
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# The Dangerous Book for Boys: Go-carts, treehouses, knots, spies, and famous battles—classic hands-on adventures for boys 8 to 80 and father-son fun.

**Price:** R415
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- **What is this?** The Dangerous Book for Boys: Go-carts, treehouses, knots, spies, and famous battles—classic hands-on adventures for boys 8 to 80 and father-son fun.
- **How much does it cost?** R415 with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Currently out of stock
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## Description

The bestselling book—more than 1.5 million copies sold—for every boy from eight to eighty, covering essential boyhood skills such as building tree houses*, learning how to fish, finding true north, and even answering the age old question of what the big deal with girls is—now a Prime Original Series created by Bryan Cranston ( Breaking Bad ) and Greg Mottola ( Superbad ). In this digital age, there is still a place for knots, skimming stones and stories of incredible courage. This wonderful activity book for boys recaptures Sunday afternoons, stimulates curiosity, and makes for great father-son activities. The brothers Conn and Hal have put together a wonderful collection of all things that make being young or young at heart fun—building go-carts and electromagnets, identifying insects and spiders, and flying the world’s best paper airplanes. Skills covered include: The Greatest Paper Airplane in the World The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World The Five Knots Every Boy Should Know Stickball Slingshots Fossils Building a Treehouse* Making a Bow and Arrow Fishing (revised with US Fish) Timers and Tripwires Baseball’s "Most Valuable Players" Famous Battles-Including Lexington and Concord, The Alamo, and Gettysburg Spies-Codes and Ciphers Making a Go-Cart Navajo Code Talkers’ Dictionary Girls Cloud Formations The States of the U.S. Mountains of the U.S. Navigation The Declaration of Independence Skimming Stones Making a Periscope The Ten Commandments Common US Trees Timeline of American History *For more information on building treehouses, visit www.treehouse-books.com and www.stilesdesigns.com or see "Treehouses You Can Actually Build" by David Stiles.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | #40,684 in Kindle Store ( See Top 100 in Kindle Store ) #1 in Biological Science of Fossils #2 in Biology of Fossils #3 in Nature Crafts |

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*Product available on Desertcart South Africa*
*Store origin: ZA*
*Last updated: 2026-10-24*