Ballads of a Cheechako (eBook, PDF) - W. Service, Robert
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This rare antiquarian book contains a collection of poems written by the esteemed poet Robert William Service. A delightful collection of poetic tales of northern gold rush living that offers incredible insights into the lives and outlooks of the men and women of the region, these poems will appeal to any lovers of poetry and constitute a veritable must-read for fans of Service’s work. Poems comprising this compendium include: To The Man of the High North; Men of the High North; The Ballad of the Northern Lights; The Ballad of the Black Fox Skin; The Ballad of Pious Pete; The Ballad of…mehr

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This rare antiquarian book contains a collection of poems written by the esteemed poet Robert William Service. A delightful collection of poetic tales of northern gold rush living that offers incredible insights into the lives and outlooks of the men and women of the region, these poems will appeal to any lovers of poetry and constitute a veritable must-read for fans of Service’s work. Poems comprising this compendium include: To The Man of the High North; Men of the High North; The Ballad of the Northern Lights; The Ballad of the Black Fox Skin; The Ballad of Pious Pete; The Ballad of Blasphemous Bill; The Ballad of One-Eyed Mike; and many others. Robert William Service was a British-Canadian poet and writer, best known for his poems "The Shooting of Dan McGrew" and "The Cremation of Sam McGee". This rare book was originally published in 1909 and is proudly republished here with a new prefatory biography of the author.
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Robert William Service, known as "the Bard of the Yukon," was a British-Canadian poet and author who lived from January 16, 1874, to September 11, 1958. William was given as a middle name in memory of a wealthy uncle. The middle name was deleted by Service after his uncle failed to provide provisions for him in his will. He was a bank clerk by trade, having been born in Lancashire of Scottish origin, but he also spent a lot of time traveling, frequently in extreme poverty, across the west of the United States and Canada. When his bank sent him to the Yukon, he was moved by stories of the Klondike Gold Rush and inspired to write two poems, "The Shooting of Dan McGrew" and "The Cremation of Sam McGee," which displayed a remarkable level of authenticity for a writer without any prior experience with gold mining and quickly gained popularity. Encouraged by this, he rapidly produced further songs on the same subject, which were later collected in Songs of a Sourdough (known in the United States as The Spell of the Yukon and Other Verses) and sold in large quantities. When his subsequent collection Ballads of a Cheechako achieved the same level of success, Service was able to enjoy a comfortable lifestyle based in Paris and the French Riviera while traveling frequently.