Known as the Bard of the Yukon and as a people's poet, Robert Service immortalized his experience with the Yukon and its gold rush and this collection of poetry. While some poems are anecdotal and amusing, others capture the raw brilliance that frontiers evoke and the ever pioneering spirit of man. Alternately titled Songs of a Sourdough in the United Kingdoms. (Introduction by Becky)
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Chapters
- Chapter 1
01 - The Land God Forgot
01:13 - Chapter 2
02 - The Spell of the Yukon
03:18 - Chapter 3
03 - The Heart of the Sourdough
02:11 - Chapter 4
04 - The Three Voices
01:26 - Chapter 5
05 - The Law of the Yukon
05:38 - Chapter 6
06 - The Parson's Son
03:47 - Chapter 7
07 - The Call of the Wild
02:49 - Chapter 8
08 - The Lone Trail
02:20 - Chapter 9
09 - The Pines
02:19 - Chapter 10
10 - The Lure of Little Voices
01:49 - Chapter 11
11 - The Song of the Wage-Slave
02:58 - Chapter 12
12 - Grin
01:32 - Chapter 13
13 - The Shooting of Dan McGrew
04:43 - Chapter 14
14 - The Cremation of Sam McGee
04:38 - Chapter 15
15 - My Madonna
00:54 - Chapter 16
16 - Unforgotten
00:54 - Chapter 17
17 - The Reckoning
01:21 - Chapter 18
18 - Quatrains
01:45 - Chapter 19
19 - The Men That Don't Fit In
01:30 - Chapter 20
20 - Music in the Bush
02:42 - Chapter 21
21 - The Rhyme of the Remittance Man
02:29 - Chapter 22
22 - The Low-Down White
01:45 - Chapter 23
23 - The Little Old Log Cabin
01:50 - Chapter 24
24 - The Younger Son
02:45 - Chapter 25
25 - The March of the Dead
02:59 - Chapter 26
26 - "Fighting Mac"
03:19 - Chapter 27
27 - The Woman and the Angel
01:56 - Chapter 28
28 - The Rhyme of the Restless Ones
02:05 - Chapter 29
29 - New Year's Eve
03:37 - Chapter 30
30 - Comfort
01:11 - Chapter 31
31 - The Harpy
02:41 - Chapter 32
32 - Premonition
00:58 - Chapter 33
33 - The Tramps
01:11 - Chapter 34
34 - L'Envoi
01:37