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    Ballads of a Cheechako
    Ballads of a Cheechako
    Ballads of a Cheechako
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    Ballads of a Cheechako

    By Robert W. Service

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    Ballads of a Cheechako is a collection of poems about a new miner in the Arctic regions of the world. Robert W. Service writes insightful and nostalgia-provoking verses about the gold rush as well as the thrill of Arctic adventures. Excerpt: "To the Man of the High North My rhymes are rough, and often in my rhyming Men of the High North Men of the High North, the wild sky is blazing; The Ballad of the Northern Lights One of the Down and Out—that's me. Stare at me well, ay, stare!"
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDigiCat
    Release dateSep 15, 2022
    ISBN8596547309765
    Ballads of a Cheechako
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    Robert W. Service

    Robert W. Service (1874-1958) was born in Preston, Lancashire, England, and came to Canada in 1895, eventually ending up in Yukon Territory in 1904, five years after the Klondike Gold Rush. His many books include the poetry collection The Songs of a Sourdough, the novel The Trail of '98, and the autobiography Ploughman of the Moon. Service later moved to France, where he died.

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