{"product_id":"best-of-robert-service-isbn-9780399550089","title":"Best of Robert Service","description":"Here, collected in a single volume, are the most popular verses of the great English-born Canadian poet. His famous ballads of the Klondike are here:\u003cbr\u003e “The Shooting of Dan McGrew,” “The Spell of the Yukon,” and “The Cremation of Sam McGee.”\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Also included are unforgettable portrayals of the artists, grisettes, and models of the merry, tragic life of bohemian Paris, and other verses inspire by the First World War, during which Service drove an ambulance in France.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e And not to be overlooked are the many expressions of the poet’s own homespun philosophy—his comments on women, on life and death, ambition, and success and failure, which strike a responsive chord in the reader’s heart.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Gaiety, humor, nostalgia, and pathos fill every page, along with the genuine Service ring of virility which has made his verse loved throughout the English reading world.The Absinthe Drinkers\u003cbr\u003eAnt Hill\u003cbr\u003eAthabaska Dick\u003cbr\u003eThe Ballad of Blasphemous Bill\u003cbr\u003eThe Ballad of Casey's Billy-Goat\u003cbr\u003eThe Ballad of One-Eyed Mike\u003cbr\u003eThe Ballad of the Black Fox Skin\u003cbr\u003eThe Battle of the Bulge\u003cbr\u003eBill the Bomber\u003cbr\u003eThe Bohemian\u003cbr\u003eBritannica\u003cbr\u003eBrother Jim\u003cbr\u003eThe Bruiser\u003cbr\u003eThe Butcher\u003cbr\u003eClancy of the Mounted Police\u003cbr\u003eCompensation Pete\u003cbr\u003eContentment\u003cbr\u003eThe Cremation of Sam McGee\u003cbr\u003eDark Pine\u003cbr\u003eDauntless Quest\u003cbr\u003eDirt\u003cbr\u003eDuello\u003cbr\u003eDyspeptic Clerk\u003cbr\u003eL'escargot D'or\u003cbr\u003eFinistere\u003cbr\u003eFunk\u003cbr\u003eGod's Skallywags\u003cbr\u003eGoing Home\u003cbr\u003eGrandad\u003cbr\u003eThe Harpy\u003cbr\u003eThe Hat\u003cbr\u003eHeart O' the North\u003cbr\u003eHobo\u003cbr\u003eI Believe\u003cbr\u003eInspiration\u003cbr\u003eIt Is Later than You Think\u003cbr\u003eThe Joy of Being Poor\u003cbr\u003eJust Think\u003cbr\u003eThe Land of Beyond\u003cbr\u003eLaughter\u003cbr\u003eThe Law of the Yukon\u003cbr\u003eThe Little Old Log Cabin\u003cbr\u003eThe Logger\u003cbr\u003eThe Lost Master\u003cbr\u003eMaking Good\u003cbr\u003eThe March of the Dead\u003cbr\u003eMaternity\u003cbr\u003eMen of the High North\u003cbr\u003eThe Men that Don't Fit in\u003cbr\u003eModeration\u003cbr\u003eMongrel\u003cbr\u003eThe Mountain and the Lake\u003cbr\u003eMuquet\u003cbr\u003eMy Friends\u003cbr\u003eMy Future\u003cbr\u003eMy Highland Home\u003cbr\u003eMy Job\u003cbr\u003eMy Madonna\u003cbr\u003eMy Masterpiece\u003cbr\u003eMy Piney Wood\u003cbr\u003eNature Man\u003cbr\u003eNormandy Peasant\u003cbr\u003eOdette\u003cbr\u003eAn Olive Fire\u003cbr\u003eThe Ordinary Man\u003cbr\u003eThe Outlaw\u003cbr\u003ePantheist\u003cbr\u003ePremonition\u003cbr\u003eThe Prospector\u003cbr\u003ePullman Porter\u003cbr\u003eThe Quest\u003cbr\u003eThe Quitter\u003cbr\u003eThe Reckoning\u003cbr\u003eRepentance\u003cbr\u003eResentment\u003cbr\u003eRiviera Honeymoon\u003cbr\u003eThe Rover\u003cbr\u003eSecurity\u003cbr\u003eSentimental Shark\u003cbr\u003eThe Shooting of Dan McGrew\u003cbr\u003eA Song of Success\u003cbr\u003eThe Song of the Mouth-Organ\u003cbr\u003eThe Song of the Wage-Slave\u003cbr\u003eThe Spell of the Yukon\u003cbr\u003eThe Squaw Man\u003cbr\u003eStamp Collector\u003cbr\u003eTake It Easy\u003cbr\u003eTea on the Lawn\u003cbr\u003eThe Three Voices\u003cbr\u003eThe Tramps\u003cbr\u003eThe Twins\u003cbr\u003eThe Under-Dogs\u003cbr\u003eUnforgotten\u003cbr\u003eVictory Stuff\u003cbr\u003eThe Wanderlust\u003cbr\u003eThe Wedding Ring\u003cbr\u003eWhile the Bannock Bakes\u003cbr\u003eThe Woman and the Angel\u003cbr\u003eThe Wonderer\u003cbr\u003eYellow\u003cbr\u003eYour PoemOften referred to as the \"Bard of the Yukon,\" \u003cb\u003eRobert Service\u003c\/b\u003e was a prolific novelist and poet, publishing numerous poetry collections, two autobiographies, and six novels during his lifetime. Though he was born in England, he is best known for his writings set in Northwest Canada featuring the Klondike Gold Rush. Service died in 1958, and has since been honored on a Canadian postage stamp and has had various schools in Canada named after him.","brand":"Tarcher","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46301943529701,"sku":"NP9780399550089","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780399550089.jpg?v=1767722473","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/best-of-robert-service-isbn-9780399550089","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}