"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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Songs of a sourdough
21 editions - first published in 1907 -
Ballads of a Cheechako
20 editions - first published in 1909 -
Rhymes of a rolling stone
19 editions - first published in 1912 -
Ballads of a Bohemian
13 editions - first published in 1921 -
The spell of the Yukon
13 editions - first published in 1907 -
Rhymes of a Red Cross man
11 editions - first published in 1916 -
The trail of '98
11 editions - first published in 1910 -
The best of Robert Service
9 editions - first published in 1953 -
More collected verse
8 editions - first published in 1953 -
Poems
8 editions - first published in 1940 -
The spell of the Yukon, and other verses
7 editions - first published in 1907 -
The complete poems of Robert Service
7 editions - first published in 1935 -
The shooting of Dan McGrew
7 editions - first published in 1969 -
The rhymes of a Red-Cross man
6 editions - first published in 1916 -
The house of fear
5 editions - first published in 1927 -
More selected verse of Robert Service
4 editions - first published in 1971 -
Ballads of a cheechako
4 editions - first published in 1909 -
Songs of a sourdough
4 editions - first published in 1907 -
Poems
4 editions - first published in 1930 -
The poisoned paradise
4 editions - first published in 1922 -
Why not grow young?, or, Living for longevity
4 editions - first published in 1928 -
Ploughman of the moon
4 editions - first published in 1945 -
The pretender
3 editions - first published in 1914 -
Bar-room ballads
3 editions - first published in 1940 -
The roughneck
3 editions - first published in 1921 -
The cremation of Sam McGee
3 editions - first published in 1987 -
Best Tales of the Yukon
3 editions - first published in 1983 -
Collected poems
3 editions - first published in 1940 -
Rhymes for my rags
2 editions - first published in 1956 -
Rhymes of a rebel
2 editions - first published in 1952 -
Harper of Heaven
2 editions - first published in 1948 -
Collected Works of Robert W. Service
2 editions - first published in 2007 -
Collected verse of Robert Service
2 editions - first published in 1930 -
Carols of an old codger
2 editions - first published in 1954 -
The Trail of Ninety-Eight
2 editions - first published in 1994 -
Yukon Poems of Robert W. Service
2 editions - first published in 1967 -
Rhyme and romance
2 editions - first published in 1911 -
More collected verse
2 editions - first published in 1955 -
Ploughman of the moon
2 editions - first published in 1945 -
The master of the microbe
2 editions - first published in 1926 -
The Bolshevik party in revolution
2 editions - first published in 1979 -
The best of Robert Service
2 editions - first published in 1987 -
The shooting of Dan McGrew and other poems ..
2 editions - first published in 1989 -
Dan McGrew, Sam McGee, and other great Service
2 editions - first published in 1987 -
Rhymes of a roughneck
1 edition - first published in 1950 -
Complete poetical works of Robert W. Service
1 edition - first published in 1921 -
The Ghosts of No Man's Land - The Rhymes of a Red Cross Man
1 edition - first published in 2007 -
Songs for my supper
1 edition - first published in 1953 -
Lyrics of a low brow
1 edition - first published in 1951 -
Rhymes of the midnight sun
1 edition - first published in 1989 -
Robert Service Collected Poems
1 edition - first published in 1991 -
[ Postcard with photograph of Service's cabin in the Yukon.]
1 edition - first published in 1900 -
Why not grow young?
1 edition - first published in 1952 -
The complete poems
1 edition - first published in 1940 -
Ballads of a Cheechako
1 edition - first published in 2006 -
Songs of a Sourdough
1 edition - first published in 2006 -
Ballads of a Bohemian
1 edition - first published in 2006 -
Rhymes of a Rolling Stone
1 edition - first published in 2006 -
The Rhymes of a Red-Cross Man
1 edition - first published in 2006 -
Ballads of a Bohemian
1 edition - first published in 2006 -
The Spell of the Yukon and Other Verses
1 edition - first published in 2006 -
Collected poems of Robert Service.
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The Shooting Of Dan McGrew
1 edition - first published in 2007 -
The best of Robert Service.
1 edition - first published in 1940 -
The Shooting Of Dan McGrew
1 edition - first published in 2007 -
The poisoned paradise
1 edition - first published in 1922 -
Carols of an old codger.
1 edition -
Collected verse of Robert Service.
1 edition - first published in 1930 -
Bar-room ballads
1 edition - first published in 1949 -
The poisoned paradise
1 edition - first published in 1922 -
Songs for my supper
1 edition - first published in 1953 -
Tria l of '98
1 edition - first published in 1911 -
Selected poems, with some account of his life and experiences
1 edition - first published in 1917 -
The pretender
1 edition - first published in 1915 -
Rhymes of a roughneck
1 edition - first published in 1950 -
More collected verse
1 edition - first published in 1949 -
Later collected verse
1 edition - first published in 1954 -
Rhymes of a rebel
1 edition - first published in 1952 -
Lyrics of a lowbrow
1 edition - first published in 1951 -
[Newspaper scrapbook and collected bibliography, including six poems published weekly in Weekly News]
1 edition -
The master of the microbe
1 edition - first published in 1926 -
Songs for my supper
1 edition - first published in 1935 -
Rhymes of a roughneck
1 edition - first published in 1950 -
Trotski
1 edition - first published in 2010 -
Songs of a sourdough
1 edition - first published in 1907 -
Rhymes of a Red Cross man. --
1 edition - first published in 1917 -
The Rhymes of a Red-Cross man
1 edition - first published in 1916 -
[Album containing correspondence between Arthur Stewart and Robert and Madame Service. article on Service
1 edition -
Carols of an old codger
1 edition - first published in 1954 -
The trail of '98
1 edition - first published in 1928 -
The spell of the Yukon and other poems
1 edition - first published in 1907 -
The poetry of Robert W. Service
1 edition - first published in 1970 -
Harper of heaven
1 edition - first published in 1948 -
Later collected verse
1 edition - first published in 1979 -
Rhymes for my rags
1 edition - first published in 1956 -
The spell of the Yukon
1 edition - first published in 1989 -
Rhymes of a Red Cross man
1 edition - first published in 1916 -
The rhymes of a Red-Cross man
1 edition - first published in 1916 -
Rhymes of a rolling stone
1 edition - first published in 1912 -
The shooting of Dan McGrew, & other favorite poems
1 edition - first published in 1980
Robert W. Service
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- Robert W. (Robert William) Service
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- Service, Robert W. (Robert William), 1874-1958.
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