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Running Press Adult (2003), Edition: First Edition, 159 pages
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Verses chronicling the Klondike gold rush and immortalizing the colorful characters of the Yukon Territory, chosen from the author's earlier collections "The spell of the Yukon" and "Ballads of a Cheechako".
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LibraryThing member wenestvedt
My Scoutmaster, Mark Kreuger, used to recite "The Cremation of Sam McGee" aruond the campfire when Troop 45 went on camp-outs. I've never enjoyed poetry as much.
I grabbed this inexpensive edition when I saw it in a campus bookstore, and now I need to memorize "Cremation" and several others.
I grabbed this inexpensive edition when I saw it in a campus bookstore, and now I need to memorize "Cremation" and several others.
LibraryThing member Smiley
A textbook case of a personally repulsive artist producing endurable art.
LibraryThing member Sylvester_Olson
Robert Service makes for an interesting copyright situation. This collection draws from two books, published in 1907 and 1909, that are easily in the public domain in the United States because they predate 1923. Service died in 1958, and since that was over 50 years ago, these poems are also public
I guess the point I'm making is that where I am in North America, I could have just downloaded Service's original collections from Project Gutenberg. But I still love the feel of a real book in my hands, so I couldn't resist when I found this volume by accident in a bookstore.
I was already familiar with some of the more famous poems included here, but it was the unfamiliar poems that I enjoyed the most. "The Ballad of the Black Fox Skin" is a real gem, perhaps Service's attempt at a horror story. When I finished the entire book, I went back to read that one again, and I have a feeling I'll do it again before I retire it to my bookshelf. Other favorites were "The Pines", "Clancy of the Mounted Police", and "Men of the High North."
5/5 stars.
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domain in his beloved Canada. Yet in the UK and most of the world, which uses death 70 years, the poetry in this book won't be public domain in those countries until 2028.I guess the point I'm making is that where I am in North America, I could have just downloaded Service's original collections from Project Gutenberg. But I still love the feel of a real book in my hands, so I couldn't resist when I found this volume by accident in a bookstore.
I was already familiar with some of the more famous poems included here, but it was the unfamiliar poems that I enjoyed the most. "The Ballad of the Black Fox Skin" is a real gem, perhaps Service's attempt at a horror story. When I finished the entire book, I went back to read that one again, and I have a feeling I'll do it again before I retire it to my bookshelf. Other favorites were "The Pines", "Clancy of the Mounted Police", and "Men of the High North."
5/5 stars.
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Original language
English
Physical description
159 p.; 9 inches
ISBN
0762414596 / 9780762414598