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Robert W. Service

"Robert Service was born in England in 1874. After spending his childhood in Scotland he came to Canada and there commenced the life of wandering and adventure which has given birth to songs, rhymes, ballads and poems that have spread over the whole world.

His vagabond career, bounded by Alaska and Turkey, by England and Mexico, has been such a diversity of add jobes in so many places than an actual chronicle of it is well nigh impossible.

Mr. Service, who escaped to America from the German invasion of France, later returned to that country where he spent the remainder of his days.

In his poetry, however, he still lives as a vagabond in the hearts of his many readers. He has caught the spirit of wanderlust latent in every one of us and his verses will live on forever."

Service, Robert W. The Spell of the Yukon and Other Verses. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1916. Print.

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Canadian poet and writer (1874-1958)

Born 1874
Died 1958

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  • Cover of: The spell of the Yukon and other verses

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  • Cover of: Songs of a Sourdough

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  • Cover of: Ballads of a Cheechako

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  • Cover of: Rhymes of a rolling stone

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  • Cover of: Ballads of a Bohemian

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  • Cover of: The trail of '98: a Northland romance

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  • Cover of: Rhymes of a Red cross man

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  • Cover of: The best of Robert Service

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  • Cover of: Songs of a sun-lover

    First published in 1949 — 8 editions
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  • Cover of: The shooting of Dan McGrew

    First published in 1969 — 7 editions
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  • Cover of: Collected poems of Robert Service.

    First published in 1940 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: Collected verse of Robert Service

    First published in 1930 — 4 editions
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    First published in 1945 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: Creepy Classics: hair-raising horror from the masters of the macabre

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  • Cover of: Best tales of the Yukon

    First published in 1983 — 3 editions
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    First published in 1987 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: The pretender: a story of the Latin quarter

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  • Cover of: The shooting of Dan McGrew and other poems

    First published in 1989 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Yukon poems of Robert W. Service.

    First published in 1967 — 2 editions
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Canadian poet and writer (1874-1958)

Born 1874
Died 1958

Subjects

Poetry, Canadian poetry, Frontier and pioneer life, Poetry (poetic works by one author), Gold mines and mining, World War, 1914-1918, Gold discoveries, Fiction, Poésie, Children's fiction, English poetry, Canadian Poets, Children's poetry, Children's poetry, English, Découvertes d'or, English Ballads, Fiction, short stories (single author), Guerre mondiale, 1914-1918, Juvenile poetry, Murder, fiction, Narrative poetry, Pictorial works, Romans, nouvelles, Yukon, poetry, Authors, Canadian (English)

Places

Klondike River Valley (Yukon), Yukon Territory, Yukon River Valley (Yukon and Alaska), Yukon, Alaska, Quartier latin (Paris, France)

People

Robert W. Service (1874-1958), Ernest Valdemar

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Alternative names

  • Robert Service
  • Robert W., Service
  • Robert W. (Robert William) Service
  • Robert SERVICE
  • Robert W Service
  • Service, Robert W. (Robert William), 1874-1958.
  • Robert William Service
  • Robert W (Robert William) 187 Service
  • Robert W. (Robert William) 187 Service
  • Robert W. SERVICE
  • ROBERT W. SERVICE
  • Service. Robert W. (Robert William). 1874-1958.
  • SERVICE ROBERT W.

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October 3, 2023 Edited by OnFrATa merge authors
September 30, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ISNI
September 10, 2019 Edited by Tom Morris merge authors
March 31, 2017 Edited by MARC Bot add VIAF and wikidata ID
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import