Sam Mcgee Brand Man Cave

Sam McGee’s “Man Cave”

Leather furniture, plank floors, saddle seat bar, moose head, log fireplace,
barber chair, bunk bed, poker table, antler coat rack , and his lead Husky.

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Sam McGee “Man Cave” home renovation
and luxury suites in casinos and hotels
A uniquely furnished garage, bedroom, hotel suite or converted meeting room
with the a Sam McGee frontier theme. We supply and install the turnkey package.
Range is $26,000 to $48,000. Choose from +30 furniture and furnishing items.
1. Heavy leather furniture with wood trim and cow hide or seal skin trim.
2. Old scared wood coffee tables and lamps. Boots up boys !!!.
3. King size 4 poster leather bed with Sam eiderdowns. Cow hide rugs
4. Antique wood plank floor and cedar walls. Extra bunk beds for buddies.
5. Bar with saddle-seat leather stools. Seal skin boots and huge fur coat
6. Poker table with Sam’s chips, cards, leather chairs and leather message recliner.
7. 3 big screen TV’s for watching simultaneous sport events with buddies.
8. Beer cooler. Pinup calendars. Old skin magazines.
9. Log fireplace (real or imitation). Log splitter. Wood bin. Remington sculptures.
10. Antler coat racks with old style fleece hunting jackets. Bathrobes. Chaps.
11. Wall prints of northern lights, Indian art, animals, wilderness.
12. Stuffed mascot husky dog or Siberian tiger. Pot belly stove. Baked beans.
13. Moose head, deer head, sword fish, or buffalo head on the wall.
14. Wagon wheel chandeliers. Northern Lights wall show. Aurora Borealis.
15. Gun rack and fishing tackle cabinet. Cigar humidor. Copies of the Trilogy
16. Antique leather barber chair and barber pole. In suite shave service.

17. Cedar wood oval bathing and soaking tub and three “rain” shower heads


Sam McGee Brand

Sam McGee (R)
Swiss 721 BLK

Original Sam:

Klondike gold prospector 18601905. Rugged hero from the
folklore of the Canadian North

Persona Sam:

Denis Braun of Zug Switzerland
A Swiss-Canadian businessman
and writer living in Asia

Braun’s Book

Tale of Three Friendships: A Trilogy

Character

Klondike Gold prospector who
hated Bitter Cold and longed to be
cremated to avoid the icy grave.

Setting

Yukon Canada. 1905

Brand Territory Canada, USA, Scandinavia, Europe
Russia, China, Japan, and Korea
Elements:

Theme: Bitter Cold + 150 jokes
Cultural and moral hook
CD’s. Slide Show. Sound effects.


“A Tale of Three Friendships”
The Trilogy. For Release in June 2011
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© Denis Braun 2010 CH

Brand is based on the Sam McGee character in the
Trilogy.

Author:
 Internet
 Bookings:
 Phone
address.
 China:
 Kuala Lumpur:
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This is a Confidential Draft for Printers only

Denis Braun of Zug Switzerland
www.SamMcGee2010.com

Skype: Megazebo or my e-mail
158-00100253
603 2144-7628

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The Three Friendships

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The first tale is about the demise of Sam McGee from Tennessee while
dog sledding in 1905 on the Dawson Trail in Yukon Canada. It is narrated
by his best friend Cap. Cap later told the story to his bank manager in
Whitehorse a Mr. Robert Service. Service then published it as a poem
that was read and loved my millions of Northern people who all know the
sensation of Bitter Cold.
I wrote the second parallel tale about the demise of Hong Bai Lan from
Chang Bai Shan in China while working in a Wuhan steel mill. It is

narrated by his best friend Yang Dong. Dong’s grandson , Yang Dong
Xu told fragments of the story to me in the bar at the Chang Bai Shan
Hotel in Jilin on a bitter cold December evening in 1985. I have refined
the plot over the years .
The third tale is for contrast. It is the antithesis of friendship and depicts
a perennial fight between 2 great warriors and veterans of the RussiaTurk war of 1854. Abdul Amir and Ivan Skavar
It is now my pleasure to document these 3 tales as part of my memoir of a
grand life; a large part of which was spent in East Asia.
© Denis Braun aka Sam McGee CH 2010
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Trilogy Theme and Format
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In Tale 1 and Tale 2, Both main characters sense their imminent demise
and make final requests to their chums who unexpectedly find
themselves under pressure to fulfill their vows. Both main characters
have different concepts of death, paradise, and the most favorable
conditions in which to enjoy the Great Beyond.

Format: 1. Sam McGee is a 16 stanza poem edited from the original by
Robert Service; and describes Sam’s demise on the Dawson Trail in
1905.
 2. Then, I wrote a short 15 stanza story about the demise of Hong Bai
Lan in the Wuhan steel mills in China around 1920;
 3 . Finally I consolidated, edited, and expanded an old war tale written
by Percy French in 1877. Abdul Abulbul Amir …. a dark muslin Turk;.
and Ivan Slavinsky Skavar …. and a white christian Russian. A total of
29 stanzas

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Sam McGee Character Costume
Fur Coat
Seal boots
Fur Hat
Fur Mitts


The Original Sam McGee. 1903
Modern Sam McGee. 2011


Sam’s fur coat survives to this day.
The lineage.
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Cap retrieved it from Sam McGee before he burrowed him in the hot coals inside
the boiler of the “Alice May” on December 30, 1905
Cap gave the fur coat to his bank manager Robert Service a few weeks after telling
Service the whole story. January 1906
Service gave it to his assistant bank manager at the Canadian Bank of Commerce
before he left permanently the Yukon for France in 1910
The new manager kept it for 25 years and then deceased and gave it to his son who
was a road engineer in northern British Columbia. Around 1935
The engineer eventually worked for one Phil Delaney a road contractor who build
hundreds of service stations along the Alaska highway in the 1940’s. The engineer
sold it to Phil Delaney in 1948 but no one can remember or recall the engineer’s
name.
Phil Delaney gave it to his son Hugh Delaney as a gift in 1980 before his death.
Hugh had a successful career in broadcasting and meteorology in Western Canada
and still lives in bountiful retirement in Calgary Alberta.
The author, Denis Braun, won it from Hugh Delaney in a poker game in 1985 and
has owned it ever since. (Delaney had a straight to the King. Braun had 4 Eights).


Brand Products
Sam McGee is a registered Brand Name in China and America.
Existing products: Sam McGee Bitter Cold clothing. Jackets, sleeping bags,
sheets, blankets, shells, footwear, head gear, jeans.
Hong Bai Lan Extreme Heat clothing. Summer clothing.
Proposed:

Electric Motor Scooters
High performance bicycles.
Refrigerators, coolers, ice machines, and freezers.
Beverages and beers.

Hotel Rooms: Sam McGee “Man Room” Complete decoration.
Vehicle editions.

Endorsements:

Airlines
Cold climate automobiles and trucks.
Beer wine water cola and liquor
Travel agencies
Hotel / motel chains.
Food items.


Clothing: The stories of Sam McGee (English) and
Hong Bai Lan (in Chinese) appear separately on
Jackets, Shells, Eiderdowns, Sleeping Bags, and
Equipment Bags sold at SamMcGee2010.com

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Industries Sam McGee and Hong Bail Lan would like to endorse or promote


Last photo of Sam taken by Cap

December 1905 on the Dawson Trail before Cap stuffed him into the boiler
fire of the wrecked fishing boat the “Alice May”. He preserved his fur coat.

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“Man Cave”: Sam’s Original Cabin:
Built in Whitehorse in 1899.
Visited by Robert Kennedy in 1965.

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Inside the Cabin was Sam’s “Man Room”
Leather furniture, plank floors, saddle seat bar, moose head, log fireplace,
barber chair, bunk bed, poker table, antler coat rack , and his lead Husky.

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Niche Travel Markets
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There is a growing global trend for men and women to travel
separately in “packs” of 4-10 friends going somewhere to party,
shop, gamble, recreate, retreat, marry, divorce, mourn, graduate,
retire, pray, or celebrate a birthday.
Indians called it a “Longroom”; cowboys called it a “bunk house”
but packs always need a central point to gather and socialize and
then retreat to their own rooms or space.

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This inspired me to develop the Man Cave and Princess Pit to
appeal to these groups as a novel, enchanting, and extremely
facinating space that offers a visual and environmental break
from the modern and ordinary that we experience every day.

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The core philosophy for this bonding trend can be found in my
book: “Trilogy: The Tale of Three Friendships” © Braun 2010


Sam McGee “Man Cave” suites
for luxury and casino hotels

A uniquely furnished hotel suite or converted meeting room with the a Sam
McGee frontier theme. Turnkey package cost: Range is $16,000 to $48,000. We
supply and install.
1. Heavy leather furniture with wood trim and cow hide or seal skin trim.
2. Old scared wood coffee tables and lamps. Boots up boys !!!.
3. King size 4 poster leather bed with Sam eiderdowns. Cow hide rugs

4. Antique wood plank floor and cedar walls. Extra bunk beds for buddies.
5. Bar with saddle-seat leather stools. Seal skin boots and huge fur coat
6. Poker table with Sam’s chips, cards, leather chairs and leather message recliner.
7. 3 big screen TV’s for watching simultaneous sport events with buddies.
8. Beer cooler. Pinup calendars. Old skin magazines.
9. Log fireplace (real or imitation). Log splitter. Wood bin. Remington sculptures.
10. Antler coat racks with old style fleece hunting jackets. Bathrobes. Chaps.
11. Wall prints of northern lights, Indian art, animals, wilderness.
12. Stuffed mascot husky dog or Siberian tiger. Pot belly stove. Baked beans.
13. Moose head, deer head, sword fish, or buffalo head on the wall.
14. Wagon wheel chandeliers. Northern Lights wall show. Aurora Borealis.
15. Gun rack and fishing tackle cabinet. Cigar humidor. Copies of the Trilogy
16. Antique leather barber chair and barber pole. In suite shave service.
17. Cedar wood oval bathing and soaking tub and three “rain” shower heads


Samantha McGee “Princess Pit” suites
for luxury and casino hotels
In the spirit of equal opportunity, we will later introduce a suite targeted at
groups of women who retreat in “packs” to shop, gamble, party, or recreate.
Total cost $18,000 to $45,000. We supply the full turnkey package.
1. Antique Queen Ann upholstered furniture with wood trim and wing chairs.
2. Teak coffee tables and lamps. Fleece slippers and Egyptian bathrobes
3. King size round bed. Pink bedding with sheep skin eiderdown.
4. Plush wall to wall carpet. In suite private message table
5. Elaborate crystal chandeliers. Clothes racks, Hexagon 360 degree mirror.
6. 3 bunk beds for up to 9 girl friends.
7. Bar with leather saddle stools + built-in vibrators. Leather message
recliner.
8. Seal skin boots and huge imitation fur coats. Complimentary

9. Bridge table with Samantha logo chips, cards, and velvet chairs
10. 3 big screen TV’s for watching simultaneous fashion shows
11. Wine cooler. Old stag magazines. XXX CD’s
12. Stone fireplace (real or imitation). Candles. Royal Dalton sculptures.
13. Lingerie closet. Comp copies of the Trilogy
14. Dildo collection for every fantasy.
15. Floral wall prints by Vincent Van Gough.
16. Espresso coffee maker and freezer stocked with ice cream and vodka
17. Round Gathering table with center oven for pasties, hors’doeuvres.


Tale #1 The Sam McGee Prologue
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Sam McGee knows Biter Cold is a 1905 tale of
friendship between 2 trappers while dog sledding on
the Dawson Trail in Yukon Canada. While checking
their trap lines, Sam McGee falls ill and makes a last
request to his best friend Cap. It is a tale of
endurance and innovation by Cap in his quest to
fulfill the promise he has made to his best friend.
Cap narrates the events and later relayed them to his
bank manager in Whitehorse …. one Mr. Robert
Service. Service drafted the story into a rhythmic
poem that he published in 1907. Fame, fortune, and
notoriety followed.

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Excerpts: Tale #1 Sam McGee on Bitter Cold
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Sam McGee knows Biter Cold is a 1905 tale of friendship between 2 trappers
while dog sledding on the Dawson Trail in Yukon Canada. Sam McGee falls ill and
makes a last request to his best friend Cap. Complete poem in the Appendix
3. On a Christmas day we were mushing our way
Over the Dawson Trail.
Talk of your cold --- through the parka's fold
It stabbed like a driven nail.
If our eyes we'd close, then the lashes froze
Until sometimes we couldn't see.
It wasn't much fun, but the only one
To whimper was Sam McGee.
4. And that very night as we lay packed tight
Against the dogs beneath the snow,
We all were fed, and the stars overhead
Were dancing heel and toe,
Sam turned to me, and "Cap", says he,
"I'll cash in this trip, I guess,
And if I do, I'm asking that you
Won't refuse my last request."

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12. Then I took a hike, for I didn't like

To hear him sizzle so.
And the heavens scowled, and the huskies howled,
And the winds began to blow.
It was Bitter Cold, but the hot sweat rolled
Down my cheeks, and I don't know why,
And Sam’s greasy smoke in an inky cloak
Went streaking down the sky.
13. I do not know how long in the snow
I wrestled with grisly fear.
But the stars came out, and they danced about
Until again I ventured near.
I was sick with dread, but I bravely said,
"I'll just take a peek inside.
I guess he's cooked, and it's time I looked",
And the door I opened wide.

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Life is not all work in the North
Penguin on the Barbie (Australian for BBQ)

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Tale #2 Hong Bai Lan Prologue
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Hong Bai Lan from Chang Bai Shan is a parallel tale of
friendship between 2 adventuresome Chinese from the
North who escape the bitter cold of Winter for the sand
beaches, palm trees, warm winds, evening breezes, and
miniskirts in the South of China.
Fortune is followed by bankruptcy; and they end up toiling
in the hot steel mills in Wuhan where Lan falls ill and
makes a last request to his best friend Yang Dong. It is a
tale of endurance and ingenuity in a quest to fulfill Lan’s
dying request. Like Sam’ McGee, the tale is not about the
main character or about death. It is a story of the
endurance and perseverance of a best friend to comply
with a last request. Two tales of two true friendships.
The moral: A promise made is a debt unpaid.


Excerpts: Tale #2.

Hong Bai Lan from Chang Bai Shan

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Hong Bai Lan from Chang Bai Shan is a 1910 parallel tale of friendship between 2
adventuresome Chinese from the North who escape the bitter cold of Winter for the
sand beaches, palm trees, warm winds, evening breezes, and miniskirts in the
South of China. It is a tale of endurance and ingenuity in a quest to fulfill Lan’s
dying request.

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4. In Canton, the Western name for Guangzhou, they both quickly made small
fortunes; Dong as an export trader in Kangxi porcelain; and Lan designing and
building small house boats that plied the Pearl River. Both had a common friend and
client …. a medical doctor and political activist who had just returned from Japan.
His name? Sun Yat Sen. Lan built him a custom river craft, and Dong catered to his
hobby of collecting Qing dynasty porcelain. Every month or two, Dr. Sun would
cruise up to Guangzhou from his home in Xiangshan (later Zhongshan) and happy
times would prevail as they ate, drank beer, and talked of their dreams for a new
China.

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11. Upon arrival in Harbin, Dong buys a horse cart; finds an ice factory; and buys 2
huge rectangular blocks of clear ice (clear ice is made from distilled water just as it
is today to carve magnificent ice statues during the annual Harbin Ice Festival).
Then he chisels out the core; sandwiches Lan between the two blocks; and wraps
the entire ice coffin with layers of straw mats from the local wheat fields.

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