THE SPELL OF THE YUKON AND OTHER VERSES
by Service, Robert W
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Seneca, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York: Barse & Hopkins (1927), 126pp, corners bumped, wear to cover, cup marks to front ocver, paint to rear cover, front free ep has been removed, front inner hinge beginning to loosen, a couple pgs w/ smudge marks, otherwise contents are clean, good reading/research copy.. Cloth. Good/No Jacket.
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
- Russ States
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 10-0083
- Title
- THE SPELL OF THE YUKON AND OTHER VERSES
- Author
- Service, Robert W
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Publisher
- Barse & Hopkins
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Keywords
- Poems, Poetry, Verse
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