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...