Cremation of Sam McGee

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An abnormal way of getting warm in the freezing conditions of a Canadian winter as expressed by Robert Service; It was published in 1907 in The Songs of a Sourdough (The Spell of t he Yukon and Other Verses). It concerns the cremation of a prospector who freezes to death in the Yukon Territory of Canada, as told by the man who cremates him. Show more