Collected Poems of Robert Service

Service, Robert

ISBN 10: 0396013562 / ISBN 13: 9780396013563

Published by Dodd, Mead, 1940

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Collected Poems of Robert Service
• Publisher: Dodd, Mead
• Publication Date: 1940
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0396013562
• ISBN 13: 9780396013563
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Robert Service' still lives as a vagabond in the hearts of his many readers. This volume contains all your favorites and soon-to-become your favorites. Contents: Book 1 - The Spell of the Yukon and Other Verses; Book 2 - Ballads of a Cheechako; Book 3 - Rhymes of a Rolling Stone; Book 4 - Rhymes of a Red Cross Man; Book 5 - Ballads of a Bohemian; Book 6 - Bar-Room Ballads. Followed by an Index to the First Lines.

About the Author

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.