This collection deals with wanderlust in general but the bulk of the poems are based on Service’s time in the Yukon. He captures the excitement and energy of the place but also the dangers, both physical and spiritual, that await: “No spot on the map in so short a space/ has hustled more souls to hell.” (Summary by Gerald A Moe)
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Chapters
- Chapter 1
The Land God Forgot
05:32 - Chapter 2
The Spell of the Yukon
04:03 - Chapter 3
The Heart of the Sourdough
02:44 - Chapter 4
The Three Voices
01:45 - Chapter 5
The Law of the Yukon
06:54 - Chapter 6
The Parson's Son
05:14 - Chapter 7
The Call of the Wild
03:33 - Chapter 8
The Lone Trail
03:06 - Chapter 9
The Pines
03:07 - Chapter 10
The Lure of Little Voices
02:16 - Chapter 11
The Song of the Wage-Slave
03:39 - Chapter 12
Grin
02:02 - Chapter 13
The Shooting of Dan McGrew
06:03 - Chapter 14
The Cremation of Sam McGee
06:13 - Chapter 15
My Madonna
01:15 - Chapter 16
Unforgotten
01:17 - Chapter 17
The Reckoning
01:57 - Chapter 18
Quatrains
02:41 - Chapter 19
The Men That Don't Fit In
02:16 - Chapter 20
Music in the Bush
03:43 - Chapter 21
The Rhyme of the Remittance Man
03:29 - Chapter 22
The Low-Down White
02:35 - Chapter 23
The Little Old Log Cabin
02:37 - Chapter 24
The Younger Son
03:57 - Chapter 25
The March of the Dead
04:20 - Chapter 26
"Fighting Mac"
04:37 - Chapter 27
The Woman and the Angel
02:44 - Chapter 28
The Rhyme of the Restless Ones
03:00 - Chapter 29
New Year's Eve
04:58 - Chapter 30
Comfort
01:43 - Chapter 31
The Harpy
04:04 - Chapter 32
Premonition
01:27 - Chapter 33
The Tramps
01:54 - Chapter 34
L'Envoi
02:08