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Born in Lafayette, Georgia to Reverend Jesse Mercer Dodd and Effie Cook Dodd ( the artist Lamar Dodd was his first cousin ), Ed Dodd went to work for Dan Beard, founder of the Boy Scouts of America, at the age of 16.

Dodd worked at Beard ’ s camp in Pennsylvania for 13 summers, where he honed his writing and illustration skills under Beard ’ s guidance.

Dodd became a scoutmaster and the first paid Youth and Physical Education Director for the city of Gainesville, Georgia.