Best of Robert Service by Robert Service - ISBN: 9780399550089
Paperback
Klondike tales, Parisian life, and homespun wisdom in verse.

Best of Robert Service

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  • Paperback

    224 pages

  • Release Date

    27 January 1989

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Summary

Here, collected in a single volume, are the most popular verses of the great English-born Canadian poet. His famous ballads of the Klondike are here- “The Shooting of Dan McGrew,” “The Spell of the Yukon,” and “The Cremation of Sam McGee.”

Also included are unforgettable portrayals of the artists, grisettes, and models of the merry, tragic life of bohemian Paris, and other verses inspired by the First World War, during which Service drove an ambulance in France.

And not to be …

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780399550089
ISBN-10:0399550089
Author:Robert Service
Publisher:Penguin Putnam Inc
Imprint:TarcherPerigee
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:224
Release Date:27 January 1989
Weight:256g
Dimensions:20mm x 363mm x 139mm
About The Author

Robert Service

Often referred to as the “Bard of the Yukon,” Robert Service was a prolific novelist and poet, publishing numerous poetry collections, two autobiographies, and six novels during his lifetime. Though he was born in England, he is best known for his writings set in Northwest Canada featuring the Klondike Gold Rush. Service died in 1958, and has since been honored on a Canadian postage stamp and has had various schools in Canada named after him.

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