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Robert W. Service

1874 - 1958

"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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    First published in 1930 1 edition in 1 language
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Subjects
Poetry, Frontier and pioneer life, Poetry (poetic works by one author), Canadian poetry, Gold discoveries, World War, 1914-1918, Gold mines and mining, Biography, Fiction, Canadian Poets, Children's fiction, English poetry, Canadian Authors, Children's poetry, Children's poetry, English, English Ballads, General, Hygiene, Juvenile poetry, Longevity, Murder, fiction, Narrative poetry, Yukon, poetry, Alaska, Authors, Canadian (English)
Places
Klondike River Valley (Yukon), Yukon Territory, Yukon River Valley (Yukon and Alaska), Yukon, Alaska, Northern Canada, Quartier latin (Paris, France)
People
Robert W. Service (1874-1958), Robert Service (1874-1958), Ernest Valdemar, Robert W. (Robert William), 1874-1958 Service
Time
20th century, Alaska Gold Rush

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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
December 31, 2011 Edited by Brandt W. Becker Added new photo