Robert W Service

Broschiertes Buch

Rhymes of a Red Cross Man

Beschreibung

Robert W. Service (1874-1958) was a Canadian poet best known for his poems about the Canadian North. Service came to Canada when he was 21 hoping to become a cowboy. Instead he ended up working in a bank in the Yukon Territory. "The Shooting of Dan McGrew" and "The Cremation of Sam McGee" made him famous. During World War 1 he was an ambulance driver and war correspondent. Rhymes of a Red Cross Man (1916) was written about his experiences. Service wrote about the soldier?s sacrifices in war and his duty to his country.

Autor

Robert William Service (1874 - 1958) was a British-Canadian poet and writer who has often been called "the Bard of the Yukon". He is best known for his poems "The Shooting of Dan McGrew" and "The Cremation of Sam McGee", from his first book, Songs of a Sourdough (1907; also published as The Spell of the Yukon and Other Verses). His vivid descriptions of the Yukon and its people made it seem that he was a veteran of the Klondike Gold Rush, instead of the late-arriving bank clerk he actually was. Although his work remains popular, Service's poems were initially received as being crudely comical works.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Book Jungle
• Seitenzahl: 140
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Oktober 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 191mm x 8mm
• Gewicht: 276g
• ISBN-13: 9781438502373
• ISBN-10: 1438502370
• Artikelnr.: 25454253