Guillaume Boulle de Larigaudie (
Paris
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, January 18, 1908 – May 11, 1940
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), known as Guy de Larigaudie and the "legendary Rover", was a
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writer of Scout novels and travel books,
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of France, writer, explorer, lecturer and journalist.
His life was a vivid testimony, that living with God is perfectly possible and desired also in the modern times. His "Theo-centric" axis, as he calls the fundamental direction of his life, guided him safely through all his adventures in the sky, on the sea or in the arms of the most beautiful exotic women he met on his travels. He kept the chastity and clean innocent view just like a curious child, always relating the surrounding world as gifts from God.
His notes and thoughts from his adventures can be found mainly in the 1943 book ''Étoile au grand large''.
Publications
Books for young people
* ''Yug'', éditions Jean de Gigord, collection "Le feu de camp", 1934 (reissued by Éditions Delahaye, 2004 )
* ''Raa la buse'', éditions Jean de Gigord, collection "Le feu de camp", 1935
* ''L'Îlot du grand étang'', éditions Jean de Gigord, collection "Le feu de camp", 1936
* ''Le Tigre et sa panthère'', Alsatia, collection "Signe de piste", 1937
* ''Yug en terres inconnues'', éditions Jean de Gigord, collection "Le feu de camp", 1938
* ''La Frégate aventurière'', Alsatia, collection "Signe de piste", 1938
* ''Harka le barzoï'', éditions Jean de Gigord, collection "Le feu de camp", 1939
* ''La Légende du ski'', illustrations by Samivel, Éditions Delagrave, 1940
Travel books
* ''Vingt scouts autour du monde'', Desclée de Brouwer, 1935
* ''Par trois routes américaines'', Desclée de Brouwer, 1937
* ''Résonances du Sud'' (account of his travels in Polynesia), Plon, Paris, 1938
* ''La Route aux aventures'' (account of his journey by car from Paris to Saïgon), Plon, Paris, 1939
Posthumous publications
* ''Étoile au grand large, suivi du Chant du vieux pays'' (spiritual testament), Seuil, Paris, 1943 ()
* ''Le Beau Jeu de ma vie'' (collected correspondence), Seuil, Paris, 1948 ()
Biographies
* Jean Peyrade, ''Routiers de France, Le Puy en Velay'', Xavier Mappus, 1944
* Jean Vaulon, ''Guy de Larigaudie, routier de légende'', Lyon, La Hutte, collection "Amitié des héros", 1944
* Pierre Croidys, ''Guy de Larigaudie'', Paris, Plon, 1947
* Jean Peyrade, ''Guy de Larigaudie ou l'aventure intérieure'', Bruxelles, Casterman, 1948 (plus several subsequent editions and translations)
* Louis-Bernard Koch, Guy Lehideux and Charlie Kiéfer, ''Avec Guy de Larigaudie, sur les chemins de l'aventure'', Éditions du Triomphe, 2000
* Guy Demange, ''Au pays de Guy de Larigaudie'', 2016, Bellegarde, 32 pp. ()
* Association des Écrivains combattants, Georges Cerbelaud-Salagnac, ''Anthologie de écrivains morts à la guerre (1939-1945)'', Paris, Éditions Albin Michel, pp. 424-433 (reissued 2017)
External links
Deutsche BiographieBNF Catalogue
Sud Ouest: Florence Desmaison, ''Sur les traces de Guy de Larigaudie'', 31 January 2015Famille Chrétienne: Élisabeth Caillemer, ''Guy de Larigaudie: explorateur de l'âme humaine'', 11 May 2020Aleteia: ''Les cinq leçons de vie d'un scout de légende'', 23 July 2018
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Scouting and Guiding in France
1908 births
1940 deaths
French military personnel killed in World War II