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Shooting of Dan McGrew

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The poem is great to begin with, but coupled with the pictures, "formidable!" Each page could be clipped out and framed on its own merits.

This pom and "The cremation of Sam McGee" have been my greatest favorites since i was old enough to understand spoken words, and to accurately repeat words spoken to me. In my fifth and sixth grade classes, I sometimes entertained classmates by narrating these two poems. And this was before I found out that "RED-BLOODED MALES DO NOT LEARN OR RECITE POETRY!" Not true, by the bye!!! This has been a perennial favorite of my first and second grade students when I was an Elementary school teacher. It was also favored by my recruits when I was a U.S. Army Drill Sergeant! And NOT because I was their Drill Sergeant.)

Robert Service's poetry truly reflects the atmosphere of the Yukon.

With Ted Harrison's illustrations, this classic poem comes alive. Whether its read as a children's introduction to poetry or just for fun, this is a book to own. "Were you ever out in the Great Alone?" Probably not -but this book can get you close.

The poem is great to begin with, but coupled with the pictures, "formidable!" Each page could be clipped out and framed on its own merits.