Books author - "Robert W. Service"
Description Songs of a Sourdough is a collection of poems written in 1907 by Robert W. Service while he was working as a bank teller in Whitehorse, Yukon. The best-known poems are those describing life during the Klondike Gold Rush of the late 1890s, especially his ballads βThe Shooting of Dan McGrewβ and the βCremation of Sam McGee.β While some of Serviceβs work had previously appeared in newspapers and periodicals, Songs of a Sourdough was his first book. Publishers initially questioned the
Description Songs of a Sourdough is a collection of poems written in 1907 by Robert W. Service while he was working as a bank teller in Whitehorse, Yukon. The best-known poems are those describing life during the Klondike Gold Rush of the late 1890s, especially his ballads βThe Shooting of Dan McGrewβ and the βCremation of Sam McGee.β While some of Serviceβs work had previously appeared in newspapers and periodicals, Songs of a Sourdough was his first book. Publishers initially questioned the