Best of Robert Service: Best Tales of the Yukon

In 1904, the Canadian Bank of Commerce transferred teller Robert W. Service to its branch in Whitehorse, Yukon Territory. Less than 5 years later, Service was famous as the poet who had chronicled the Klondike gold rush & the savage beauty of the frozen North. This volume collects the vivid, often-recited verses from "The Spell of the Yukon" & "Ballads of a Cheechako" in a new sequence that forms a full-length saga of the land of the northern lights & the "men who toil for gold." Here are all the brawling, colorful characters that Robert Service immortalized, including One-Eyed Mike, Dangerous Dan McGrew, Pious Pete, Sam McGee from Tennessee, Bum-Boot Ben, Blasphemous Bill -- & the lady known as Lou. Deluxe edition, with vintage photos.