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A little Robert Service, Volume I
The Cremation of Sam McGee
The Shooting of Dan McGrew
The Ballad of Blasphemous Bill
The Ballad of Hard-Luck Henry
Comfort
Bessie's Boil
The Shooting of Dan McGrew
The Ballad of Blasphemous Bill
The Ballad of Hard-Luck Henry
Comfort
Bessie's Boil
- GenresPoetry
32 pages, Paperback
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About the author
Robert W. Service
172 books119 followersThis author is the the British-Canadian writer of Yukon poetry. For the British historian of modern Russia, see Robert Service.
Robert William Service was born into a Scottish family while they were living in Preston, England. He was schooled in Scotland, attending Hillhead High School in Glasgow. He moved to Canada at the age of 21 when he gave up his job working in a Glasgow bank, and traveled to Vancouver Island, British Columbia with his Buffalo Bill outfit and dreams of becoming a cowboy.
He drifted around western North America, taking and quitting a series of jobs. Hired by the Canadian Bank of Commerce, he worked in a number of its branches before being posted to the branch in Whitehorse (not Dawson) in the Yukon Territory in 1904, six years after the Klondike Gold Rush. Inspired by the vast beauty of the Yukon wilderness, Service began writing poetry about the things he saw.
Conversations with locals led him to write about things he hadn't seen, many of which hadn't actually happened, as well. He did not set foot in Dawson City until 1908, arriving in the Klondike ten years after the Gold Rush, but his renown as a writer was already established.
For more information, please see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_W._Service.
Robert William Service was born into a Scottish family while they were living in Preston, England. He was schooled in Scotland, attending Hillhead High School in Glasgow. He moved to Canada at the age of 21 when he gave up his job working in a Glasgow bank, and traveled to Vancouver Island, British Columbia with his Buffalo Bill outfit and dreams of becoming a cowboy.
He drifted around western North America, taking and quitting a series of jobs. Hired by the Canadian Bank of Commerce, he worked in a number of its branches before being posted to the branch in Whitehorse (not Dawson) in the Yukon Territory in 1904, six years after the Klondike Gold Rush. Inspired by the vast beauty of the Yukon wilderness, Service began writing poetry about the things he saw.
Conversations with locals led him to write about things he hadn't seen, many of which hadn't actually happened, as well. He did not set foot in Dawson City until 1908, arriving in the Klondike ten years after the Gold Rush, but his renown as a writer was already established.
For more information, please see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_W._Service.
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October 2, 2022
Quality drops off significantly after The Cremation of Sam McGee .. still rspkt tho!
November 30, 2020
I know it’s a poem from a different time, but “Bessie’s Boil” is about the hilarity of a group of men taking advantage of a woman.
“Cremation of Sam McGee” is great. I feel like we’ve all been there before.
“Ballad of Blasphemous Bill” is funny, and, man, talk about commitment to a bit!
“Cremation of Sam McGee” is great. I feel like we’ve all been there before.
“Ballad of Blasphemous Bill” is funny, and, man, talk about commitment to a bit!
August 6, 2016
3 1/2 stars
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