On the Trail of Robert Service
by Lockhart, G. W.

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On the Trail of Robert Service: The story of the Scottish bank clerk who became the Bard of the Yukon, the man who captivated the imagination of generations and painlessly introduced countless numbers to the beauties of verse. Robert Service is famed world-wide for his verse-pictures of the Klondike goldrush. As a war poet, his work outsold Owen and Sassoon, and he went on to become the world's first million-selling poet. In search of adventure and new experiences, he emigrated from Scotland to Canada in 1890 whee he was caught up in the aftermath of the raging gold fever. His vivid dramatic verse brings to life the wild, larger than life characters of the gold rush Yukon, their bar-room brawls, their lust for gold, their trigger-happy gambles with life and love.

His storytelling powers have brought Robert Service enduring fame, particularly in North America and Scotland, where he is something of a cult figure. Starting in Scotland, On the Trail of Robert Service follows Service as he wanders through British Columbia, California, Oregon, Mexico, Cuba, Russia, Turkey and the Balkans, finally 'settling' in France.

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Weight:	0.30 kg
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ISBN-10:	0946487243
ISBN-13/EAN:	9780946487240
Author:	Lockhart, G. W.
Publisher:	Luath Press Limited Edinburgh
Publication Date:	9/1999
Pages:	158 pages
Size/Dimensions:	0.75x5.5x8.5
Binding:	Paperback