Genghis Khan’s Mother’s Advice to Her Son Before He Leaves Home to Conquer the World and Other Poems is a collection of poetry containing colorful, controversial poetry, offering a dramatic view of life and death in 21st century America. About the Author Paavo Hall has a Master's degree in History from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and a Master of Fine Arts degree in Playwrighting from the Yale University School of Drama. He is an army veteran and has been employed at various times as a Craps dealer at the Mint Hotel in Las Vegas, a cab driver in New York City, and a language instructor at universities in Iraq and Saudi Arabia. Hall has published a play in LUCKY THIRTEEN, a volume of short plays edited by Red Shuttleworth, published by the University of Nevada Press. He has written plays that have been performed off-off Broadway, the Utah Shakespearean Festival, and the Yale Cabaret, Hollywood. Hall lives in Great Falls, Montana along the Lewis and Clark Trail and is the chairman of the library committee of the Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation.