Youth Hostel Pioneer: Peace, Travels, Adventure and the Life of Jack Catchpool

"Jack Catchpool was the key figure, the central force, the driver, coordinator, and chief pioneer of youth hostels. Using all his enormous skills, a wide network of allies and supporters, and his simple faith as a Quaker, he spread the idea of hostels throughout England and Wales ..."Jack Catchpool was the key figure, the central force, the driver, coordinator, and chief pioneer of youth hostels. Using all his enormous skills, a wide network of allies and supporters, and his simple faith as a Quaker, he spread the idea of hostels throughout England and Wales to the world.

This book looks to the early years of the Youth Hostels Association and the story of its foremost pioneer and shows how the concerns of YHA at its start are still relevant to us and youth hostels today. With a foreword by James Blake, YHA Chief Executive"--Back cover.