Sir James George Scott was born in Scotland in 1851. He attended King's College School and Lincoln College, though he did not complete his education due to insufficient funds. He worked as a journalist, covering the goings on in Colonial Burma. He also worked as a teacher in Burma during this period. When the British officially annexed Upper Burma, he was invited to join the Burma Commission. He was also knighted as a Knight Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire (KCIE) in November 1901. He also hacked his way through the jungle in order to bring outlying Shan States under British control. In his conquest and travels, he did wind up teaching the local inhabitants about soccer, which is where the cover image comes from.

I am trying so hard to go through my shelves and review things I have read while I am on my library downsizing project. If you are following my reviews, I am sorry for flooding your timeline with reviews. =/ Anyway, I bought this book at the library sale, simply because I had never heard of this subject. The author did a great job researching Scott's activities and personal papers. He even went to Burma and retraced some of his routes. I thought the research was wonderfully done. The way the author told Scott's story, mixed with the history of British Colonialism in Burma, was really well done.