This volume contains fifty-seven poems by the incomparable Robert Service, including: The Pines; The Spell of the Yukon; Over the Parapet; The Ballad of Blasphemous Bill; The Shooting of Dan McGrew; The Trail of Ninety-Eight; The Cremation of Sam McGee; The Ballad of Pious Pete; The Trapper's Christmas Eve; The Law of the Yukon; The March of the Dead; The Ballad of One-Eyed Mike; Bill the Bomber; The Blind and the Dead; etc.
This collector's edition is fully illustrated and presents the best of Robert Service, focusing on his vintage Yukon period and including some of his lesser-known World War I poems.
A collection of poems tell the stories of people involved in the Yukon Gold Rush of the 1890s, including Dangerous Dan McGrew.
Upon its original publication, many recognized the book as an innovative approach to illustrating poetry for children.
Robert William Service (January 16, 1874 - September 11, 1958) was a British-Canadian poet and writer, often called "the Bard of the Yukon".
Robert Service's time in the Yukon, at first as a transplanted bank clerk and later living off the royalties of poems like "The Shooting of Dan McGrew" and "The Cremation of Sam McGee," is the core of a fascinating life.
Works by the Klondike poet reveal the world of the Yukon, and the literary culture of Paris before World War I
"Under the Midnight Sun" is a collection of Robert Service's best-loved poems.
He is best-known for his writings on the Canadian North, including the poems "The Shooting of Dan McGrew", "The Law of the Yukon", and "The Cremation of Sam McGee", all of which are included in this collection of 82 poems.
Collected Poems of Robert Service
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