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Robert Service

Autor: Enid Mallory

Número de Páginas: 292

In 1907, a shy bank clerk sent a collection of his poems south from the Yukon to be privately published and shared with a small group of friends. Fate intervened, however, and Robert Service became a household name across North America and throughout the British Commonwealth. Words were Service's lifelong passion, and he set them on many stages. But it was his Dan McGrew, Sam McGee and other players of the Great White North who glittered with a golden glow and forever made him the "Bard of the Yukon" and the de facto Poet Laureate of Alaska. Enid Mallory's Robert Service: Under the Spell of the Yukon sheds new light on the life and career of this intriguing and intensely private man, and celebrates the poet's verse. This edition includes a selection of some of the most loved Service poems, including "The Cremation of Sam McGee," "The Shooting of Dan McGrew," "The Call of the Wild," "The Spell of the Yukon" and "The Ballad of Blasphemous Bill."

Robert Service

Autor: Enid L. Mallory

Número de Páginas: 260

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

Robert Service

Autor: Elle Andra-warner

Número de Páginas: 145

"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.

Trotski

Autor: Robert Service

Número de Páginas: 603

Surcó el firmamento político como un cometa resplandeciente. De 1917 en adelante, captó la atención del mundo. «La mejor biografía de Trotski.» John Gray, Literary Review Al ser asesinado se convirtió en un mártir político y, a partir de ahí, muchos autores que de otro modo lo hubieran tratado con escepticismo le otorgaron el beneficio de la duda. También había algo más: Trotski les había proporcionado argumentos paradesacreditarla reputación de Stalin y sus secuaces, y, para algunos escritores, lo más sencillo es adoptar como propias ideas ajenas sin reflexión mediante. El caso es que Trotski se equivocó en muchos aspectos cruciales... Revolucionario, teórico, escritor de gran calado, mujeriego, icono de la revolución, judío antisemita, filósofo de la vida cotidiana. Robert Service ha investigado en los archivos para brindarnos una versión novedosa de la vida de Trotski que arroja mucha luz sobre el personaje y rebate la imagen que se tenía de esta figura esencial del siglo XX.

On the Trail of Robert Service

Autor: G. W. Lockhart

Número de Páginas: 196

Service went from bank clerk to cowboy to become the first million-selling poet. The early forerunner of Kerouac's beat generation, Service wrote for those who wouldn't be caught dead reading poetry.

Best of Robert Service

Autor: Robert Service

Número de Páginas: 234

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.

A study guide for Robert Service's "The Cremation of Sam McGee"

Autor: Gale, Cengage Learning

Número de Páginas: 22

A study guide for Robert Service's "The Cremation of Sam McGee", excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Poetry for Students series. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more. For any literature project, trust Poetry for Students for all of your research needs.

On the Trail of Robert Burns

Autor: John Cairney

Número de Páginas: 196

Follow Scotland's bard: the Burns trail provides a splendid introduction to Burns and a new challenge to Burns fanatics. John Cairney visits more than 100 places connected with Burns. He has been described as a living embodiment of Burns and has written and performed Burns for stage, radio, film, television, and festivals around the world. His use of Burns' own poems and correspondence helps to set the scene and the mood of Burns' travels as well as his own. -- Includes Burn's poems and correspondence -- Detailed maps and comprehensive map references.

Writing the Northland

Autor: Barbara Stefanie Giehmann

Número de Páginas: 457

On the Trail of Robert the Bruce

Autor: David. R. Ross

Número de Páginas: 196

Here is the astonishing blow-by-blow account of how, against fearful odds, freedom-fighter Bruce led the Scots to win their greatest victory ever in the War of Independence. The trail takes us to Bruce sites in Scotland and beyond, over 70 in all, with fully detailed maps. Elaborate illustrations help set the scene on the Bruce's story, which is one part blood and gore, two parts love and laughter. Ross proves himself a master of writing hands-on history with attitude.

Lenin

Autor: Robert Service

Número de Páginas: 718

Esta biografía difiere en aspectos sustanciales de otras obras anteriores que se han escrito sobre Lenin. Robert Service fue el primer historiador que tuvo acceso a los archivos centrales del partido cuando estos se abrieron al público en 1991. A partir de ese momento los archivos centrales continuaron desclasificándose, y, de este modo, las actas del Politburó, del comité central, de las conferencias y de los congresos pasaron a ser accesibles en su forma original. Además, Service pudo acceder a la correspondencia y recuerdos de familia archivados, a informaciones procedentes de las hermanas y el hermano de Lenin, de médicos, guardaespaldas y enfermeras. Con todo este material, Robert Service ha podido escribir la primera biografía en sentido pleno de Lenin. Además de examinar detalladamente la vida personal de Lenin, el autor, a través del estudio de su carrera política, analiza el contexto político y social de Rusia en la época de la Revolución de Octubre. "Retrata magistralmente la relación ente Lenin como persona y sus logros históricos... [es] una biografía magnífica" Raymond Carr

Profiles in Canadian Literature

Autor: Jeffrey M. Heath

Número de Páginas: 169

A series of essays on Canadian authors profiling the writers work, providing insight into themes, and giving a chronology of the authors life.

Memorial Services in the Congress of the United States and Tributes in Eulogy of Ronald Reagan, Late a President of the United States

Número de Páginas: 396

Contains texts of memorial tributes to the late President Ronald Reagan that were delivered in the Congress and the Senate. Also includes information about President Reagan's funeral and memorial services held in Washington and California. Focuses on the life, character, and public service of President Reagan.

On the Trail of Mary Queen of Scots

Autor: J. Keith Cheetham

Número de Páginas: 228

Traces the tumultuous life of Mary Stuart, who became queen at the age of one week and was eventually beheaded for plotting against her cousin, Queen Elizabeth I

Cases Decided in the Court of Session

Autor: Scotland. Court Of Session

Número de Páginas: 1414

Cases Decided in the Court of Session, Teind Court, Court of Exchequer and House of Lords

Autor: Scotland. Court Of Session

Número de Páginas: 1418

Grants and Awards for the Fiscal Year Ended ...

Autor: National Science Foundation (u.s.)

Número de Páginas: 252

Stalin

Autor: Robert Service

Número de Páginas: 764

“Se trata sin lugar o dudas de la primera biografía completa desde la perestroika que abarca las dimensiones económicas, políticas, diplomáticas, militares, administrativas y, sobre todo, ideológicas, así como los aspectos personales de la extraordinaria vida de Stalin. Esta excepcional biografía -audaz y sobria, ilustrada por la irresistible caracterización, el análisis magistral y la parca agudeza de Service- basada en una amplia investigación y extraordinaria intuición será lectura de referencia durante décadas.” The Times “A los ojos de Service, Stalin sigue siendo un personaje despiadado, astuto y asesino. Pero aquí emerge además un índividuo más complejo, más rico y más humano. Stalin es descrito en sus facetas de amante, marido y padre. Un hombre que escribía poesía y al que le gustaba cantar. Un pensador político, comunista convencido y el líder ruso más culto desde Catalina la Grande. [Service] ha escrito un libro magistral, erudito, elegante e ingenioso. Aunque aún quedan algunos archivos de la era soviética cerrados al público, esta biografía sin duda pasará la prueba del tiempo.” The Financial Times “[Una] reconsideración...

On the Trail of Queen Victoria in the Highlands

Autor: Ian Mitchell

Número de Páginas: 204

Award-winning author and mountaineer follows in the footsteps of the woman as well as the monarch who came to see the Highlands as her retreat and solace. This historical biography cum guide book has a wealth of new material about "Mrs Brown". From her short walks to her large scale expeditions and her days out on the mountains, her experiences add to any walker's enjoyment of the region. It includes maps, line drawings, and never before seen photographs from the Washington Wilson collection.

Karl Marx O el Espíritu del Mundo

Autor: Jacques Attali

Número de Páginas: 0

El autor presenta aqu una exhaustiva e iluminadora biograf a intelectual, pol tica y personal de quien fue el primer pensador "mundial", portador del esp ritu del mundo, Karl Marx, cuyo pensamiento cobra nuevamente gran actualidad. "Ning n autor tuvo m s lectores, ning n revolucionario concit m s esperanzas, ning n ide logo suscit m s ex gesis y, fuera de algunos fundadores de religiones, ning n hombre ejerci una influencia comparable a la que tuvo Karl Marx en el siglo XX", anota Attali en su libro.