McGrath, somewhere there are students from my daughter's 7th grade class from the late 1980's who all got a good dose of Service from my reading him to them in class. They esp. loved the Cremation of Sam McGee. My kids were raised on him and Kipling etc., and I hope there are a lot of others who've done the same, so maybe there is some hope. Things tend to come full circle, so I expect there is another generation coming up just about ready to discover these great writers, at least I hope so!

The moive, The Man From Snowy River did wonders for interesting kids in Banjo Patterson's stuff, too.