Robert Service

Author : Robert Service
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 9780399550089
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Best of Robert Service written by Robert Service and published by Penguin. This book was released on 1989-01-27 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here, collected in a single volume, are the most popular verses of the great English-born Canadian poet. His famous ballads of the Klondike are here: “The Shooting of Dan McGrew,” “The Spell of the Yukon,” and “The Cremation of Sam McGee.” Also included are unforgettable portrayals of the artists, grisettes, and models of the merry, tragic life of bohemian Paris, and other verses inspire by the First World War, during which Service drove an ambulance in France. And not to be overlooked are the many expressions of the poet’s own homespun philosophy—his comments on women, on life and death, ambition, and success and failure, which strike a responsive chord in the reader’s heart. Gaiety, humor, nostalgia, and pathos fill every page, along with the genuine Service ring of virility which has made his verse loved throughout the English reading world.

Author : Robert William Service
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 174 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Songs of a Sourdough written by Robert William Service and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Enid L. Mallory
Publisher : Heritage House Publishing Co
ISBN 13 : 9781894384957
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Robert Service written by Enid L. Mallory and published by Heritage House Publishing Co. This book was released on 2006 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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

Author : Robert William Service
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 735 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Collected Poems of Robert Service written by Robert William Service and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 735 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Robert Service
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780674036154
Total Pages : 656 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Trotsky written by Robert Service and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2009 with total page 656 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author : Robert Service
Publisher : Kids Can Press
ISBN 13 : 9781554532728
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Cremation of Sam McGee written by Robert Service and published by Kids Can Press. This book was released on 2013-03-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author : Elle Andra-Warner
Publisher : Heritage House Publishing Co
ISBN 13 : 1772033324
Total Pages : 145 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Robert Service written by Elle Andra-Warner and published by Heritage House Publishing Co. This book was released on 2020-05-19 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "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.

Author : Robert Service
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780674021082
Total Pages : 438 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Russia written by Robert Service and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author : Robert William Service
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ballads of a Bohemian written by Robert William Service and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Robert William Service
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rhymes of a Rolling Stone written by Robert William Service and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: