Author: Robert W. ServicePublisher: Hesperides Press
ISBN: 1443734055
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
Songs of a Sourdough. Ballads of a Cheechako. Rhymes of a rolling stone. The rhymes of a Red-cross man. Ballads of a Bohemian
Author: Robert William ServicePublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 760
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Ballads of a Bohemian
Author: Robert William ServicePublisher:
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Category : Canadian poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 214
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Rhymes of a Red Cross Man
Author: Robert W. ServicePublisher: DigiCat
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Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 126
Book Description
"Rhymes Of A Red Cross Man" is an incredible collection of poems based on the experiences of Robert W. Service as he drove a Red Cross ambulance during World War I in France. The writer wonderfully put forward his thoughts in verses and explained the hardships of that tumultuous period.
Ballads of a Bohemian
Author: Robert W. ServicePublisher: Read Books Ltd
ISBN: 1473374952
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
This book contains a beautiful collection of poems linked through a common narration by the "author" Stephen Poore. These poems detail his bohemian life in Paris prior to the war, his experiences during World War I, and his life in the aftermath of the war. A fantastic collection of poesy that will be enjoyed by all lovers of poetry, this book shall especially appeal to fans of Service's seminal work. Robert William Service (1874 - 1958) was a prolific British-Canadian writer and poet, most famous for his poems, "The Shooting of Dan McGrew" and "The Cremation of Sam McGee". Elected for modern republication due to its immense literary value, this book is proudly republished here complete with a new prefatory biography of the author. Ballads Of A Bohemian was originally published in 1922.
Songs of a Sourdough
Author: Robert W. ServicePublisher: Read Books Ltd
ISBN: 1447486358
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 91
Book Description
Songs of a Sourdough by Robert Service, defined a place and time like only a truly great poet can. Set in the Yukon during the great Klondike gold rush, this collection of poems is full of the wild characters, the freezing snow storms and the vast staggering beauty Artic wilderness. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Hesperides Press are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
Profiles in Canadian Literature
Author: Jeffrey M. HeathPublisher: Dundurn
ISBN: 1550021451
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 169
Book Description
A series of essays on Canadian authors profiling the writers work, providing insight into themes, and giving a chronology of the authors life.
Robert W. Service
Author: Robert W. ServicePublisher: Dundurn
ISBN: 145970004X
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 394
Book Description
The writing of Robert W. Service is mostly known through his poems and ballads. Immortalized by his two iconic ballads, "The Cremation of Sam McGee" and "The Shooting of Dan McGrew," he has entered the world’s imagination as the Bard of the Yukon. But Service was much more than a chronicler of the Great North. A traveller and adventurer who tried his hand at many occupations, Service left a fascinating set of impressions: the successful literary life in the course of which he produced everything from poems and ballads to fictional romance to thrillers and how to stave off the dreary process of aging. Robert W. Service is a fresh selection of the most interesting and significant works of the author with a biographical introduction and a select bibliography of additional readings.
The Collected Verse of Robert Service
Author: Professor of Russian History Robert ServicePublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781975937560
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Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
This anthology combines five earlier collections of verse by Robert Service, a British-Canadian poet affectionately termed "the Bard of the Yukon" for his poetic depictions of life in rural Northwest Canada. Beginning life in Lancashire, England, as a boy Robert Service demonstrated a liking for verse and poems, particularly the romantic poetry native to England. He spent three years with his aunts in Ayrshire, Scotland before finally settling in Glasgow with his parents. In these formative years, he would often write his own poetry, but never took it seriously as a career - instead, he apprenticed at a bank. Young and idealistic, the age of twenty-one Service moved to the Pacific coast with dreams of working on a ranch as a cowboy. Yet life in North America proved difficult: drifting up and down the west coast, the young man was unable to hold down work for long and often subsisted on family members who had emigrated to Canada. Eventually, the penniless Service would be hired by the Canadian Bank of Commerce, using his experience from Scotland to land the work. Throughout his undistinguished youth, Service continued to author verses and even made small sums by selling these to magazines such as The Colonist. Yet it was only after his bank sent him to the distant north, to the city of Whitehorse in the Yukon, that poetry became a serious endeavor. Hearing of demand for locally relevant poems, Service at first wrote verse for the local saloon, whose patrons yearned for original entertainment each evening. After meeting with approval here, Service pursued the idea further - he spoke with locals and heard their stories. He would also venture out into the beautiful wilds of Yukon, and using his own creative flair would author many unique verses. Although the many anecdotes Robert Service used to inspire his verse were unlikely to have occurred, they were all good stories representative of Yukon culture. Sending a book of his verses south for publication, it was there that Service met with great acclaim. William Briggs, the Toronto-based publisher sought by Service's father realized that the poetry could be a sensation both in and outside Canada and made an immediate offer. The resulting collection, Songs of Sourdough, was an immediate bestseller. This edition contains Songs of Sourdough together with several later collections authored by Robert Service, who spent later years in Paris. Hoping to replicate the authenticity of his earlier work, Service would often venture to the poorer quarters of Paris to take in the city's vivid underbelly; the resulting collection, Ballads of a Bohemian, is also contained in this collection, as are three other such works.
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