The Spell of the Yukon, and Other Verses
by Service Robert W (Robert Wi 1874-1958
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- ISBN 10
- 1313879606
- ISBN 13
- 9781313879606
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Synopsis
The Spell of the Yukon and other Verses was originally published under the name of Song of a Sourdough outside the U.S., before other verses were added. The collection of poetry and prose narrates the world through the eyes of Robert Service, a Scottish poet and writer. The Book contains well known verses about the Klondike Gold Rush in the Yukon a decade earlier, particularly the long, humorous ballads, "The Shooting of Dan McGrew" and "The Cremation of Sam McGee." His work portrays the complex relationship between a growing industrial society and the natural beauty of the land. I am the land that listens, I am the land that broods; Steeped in eternal beauty, crystalline waters and woods. Long have I waited lonely, shunned as a thing accurst, Monstrous, moody, pathetic, the last of the lands and the first; Visioning camp-fires at twilight, sad with a longing forlorn, Feeling my womb o'er-pregnant with the seed of cities unborn.
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- Bookseller
- The Saint Bookstore (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- A9781313879606
- Title
- The Spell of the Yukon, and Other Verses
- Author
- Service Robert W (Robert Wi 1874-1958
- Book Condition
- New New
- Quantity Available
- 10
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 1313879606
- ISBN 13
- 9781313879606
- Publisher
- Hardpress Publishing
- This edition first published
- 1/28/201