Author: Robert William ServicePublisher: New York : Dodd, dMead
ISBN: 9780770000172
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
More Than 100 Of His Poems From The Yukon Ballads To Bohemian Paris And The World War.
The Best of Robert Service
Author: Robert William ServicePublisher: New York : Dodd, dMead
ISBN: 9780770000172
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
More Than 100 Of His Poems From The Yukon Ballads To Bohemian Paris And The World War.
Robert Service
Author: Enid L. MalloryPublisher: Heritage House Publishing Co
ISBN: 9781894384957
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Robert Service's time in the Yukon, at first as a transplanted bank clerk and later living off the royalties of poems like "The Shooting of Dan McGrew" and "The Cremation of Sam McGee," is the core of a fascinating life. Starving in Mexico, residing in a
Trotsky
Author: Robert ServicePublisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 9780674036154
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 656
Book Description
This illuminating portrait of Leon Trotsky sets the record straight on the common misconceptions about the man and his legacy. Completing his masterful trilogy on the founding figures of the Soviet Union, Service delivers an authoritative biography.
Robert Service
Author: Elle Andra-WarnerPublisher: Heritage House Publishing Co
ISBN: 1772033324
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 145
Book Description
"Andra-Warner has given us a great read with this slim biography. Her story-telling skills excel at distilling historical facts into compelling narrative."—Thunder Bay Chronicle-Review A quick-paced and engaging biography of Canada's favourite northern poet, Robert Service. Born in England in 1874 to Scottish parents, Robert William Service was raised to live the practical life of a banker. Although banking proved a useful skill to fall back on from time to time, Service was destined to pursue a life of poetry, travel, and adventure. After landing on the west coast of North America at the age of twenty-one, Service found his way to Yukon, the place that would capture his heart and imagination for years to come. Despite his many adventures in Europe and around the world, Yukon remained a strong influence on the poet until his death in 1958. His best-known works, including “The Shooting of Dan McGrew” and “The Cremation of Sam McGee,” were inspired by his time there. Focusing on his Yukon period, historian Elle Andra-Warner crafts a vivid story of the poet who defined the North for generations of Canadians.
The Collected Poems of Robert Service
Author: Robert William ServicePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 735
Book Description
Includes "The spell of the Yukon and other verses", "Ballads of a Cheechako", "Rhymes of a rolling stone", "Rhymes of a Red Cross man", "Ballads of a Bohemian", and "Bar-room ballads."
The Cremation of Sam McGee
Author: Robert ServicePublisher: Kids Can Press
ISBN: 9781554532728
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
In 1986 Kids Can Press published an edition of Robert Service's ?The Cremation of Sam McGee? illustrated by painter Ted Harrison, who used his signature broad brushstrokes and unconventional choice of color to bring this gritty narrative poem to life. Evoking both the spare beauty and the mournful solitude of the Yukon landscape, Harrison's paintings proved the perfect match for Service's masterpiece about a doomed prospector adrift in a harsh land. Harrison's Illustrator's Notes on each page enhanced both poem and illustrations by adding valuable historical background. Upon its original publication, many recognized the book as an innovative approach to illustrating poetry for children. For years The Cremation of Sam McGee has stood out as a publishing landmark, losing none of its appeal both as a read-aloud and as a work of art. Kids Can Press proudly publishes this deluxe hardcover twentieth anniversary edition --- complete with a spot-varnished cover, new cover art and heavy coated stock --- of a book that remains as entrancing as a night sky alive with the vibrant glow of the Northern Lights.
Songs of a Sourdough
Author: Robert William ServicePublisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781015403338
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Rhymes of a Rolling Stone
Author: Robert William ServicePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
Spies and Commissars
Author: Robert ServicePublisher: Soft Skull Press
ISBN: 1610391403
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 482
Book Description
Traces the power struggle between the Bolsheviks and the West at the dawn of the Russian Revolution, offering insight into the roles of diplomats, reporters, dissidents and others who impacted foreign policy throughout subsequent decades.
Russia
Author: Robert ServicePublisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 9780674021082
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 438
Book Description
The first history of modern Russia from 1991 to the present day by one of the leading historians of the 20th century USSR and Russia. In 1991, in a huge experiment with a people and in a state of euphoria, Boris Yeltsin abolished the USSR and recreated the Russian nation. At the point of its declaration is was in a state of economic and social disarray and yet there were high hopes. Hopes which have subsequently been dashed. Robert Service brings to bear his vast knowledge of the people and the country to put the recent upheavals into context and he shows that not everything changed for the worst 1991. The Gorbachev years have allowed the Russian people to give a priority to living a private life and shutting the door on the state. They could think what they liked. The could enjoy intellectual and religious freedom, and indulge in recreations their income would allow. Gays and Lesbians could come 'out'. The Youth culture could finally be loosed from contraints. This is a broad political, social and cultural history of one of the newest nations ever to be formed.