Robert William Service was a British-Canadian poet and writer. He was a bank clerk by trade, but spent long periods travelling in Western America and Canada. When his bank sent him to the Yukon, he was inspired by tales of the Klondike Gold Rush, and wrote two poems "The Shooting of Dan McGrew" and "The Cremation of Sam McGee", which showed remarkable authenticity and enjoyed immediate popularity. Encouraged by this, he quickly wrote more poems on the same themes, which were published as a collection Songs of a Sourdough.
Contents:
THE LAW OF THE YUKON
THE PARSON'S SON
THE SPELL OF THE YUKON
THE CALL OF THE WILD
THE LONE TRAIL
THE HEART OF THE SOURDOUGH
THE THREE VOICES
THE PINES
THE HARPY
THE LURE OF LITTLE VOICES
THE SONG OF THE WAGE-SLAVE
GRIN
THE SHOOTING OF DAN McGREW
THE CREMATION OF SAM McGEE
MY MADONNA
UNFORGOTTEN
THE RECKONING
QUATRAINS
THE MEN THAT DON'T FIT IN
MUSIC IN THE BUSH
THE RHYME OF THE REMITTANCE MAN
THE LOW-DOWN WHITE
THE LITTLE OLD LOG CABIN
THE YOUNGER SON
THE MARCH OF THE DEAD
"FIGHTING MAC" A LIFE TRAGEDY
THE WOMAN AND THE ANGEL
THE RHYME OF THE RESTLESS ONES
NEW YEAR'S EVE
COMFORT
PREMONITION
THE TRAMPS
L'ENVOI
