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	Robert W. Service - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Robert W. Service married a woman from Paris and they purchased a summer home in the Brittany Region of France.
		Robert W. Service has been honored with schools named for him in Anchorage, Alaska, in Dawson City in the Yukon and in Toronto, Ontario.
		Robert Service lived for many years in a log cabin on 8th Avenue in Dawson City, Yukon.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Robert_Service_(poet) (634 words)

	Klondike Gold Rush, Robert service
		Robert Service was born in England in 1874, then spent his childhood in Glasgow, Scotland.
		Robert Service remained in Europe during most of World War I. For a brief time he was a correspondent, giving that up to join the ambulance corps, which he left just prior to the American entry into the war.
		Service was not a man who scoffed at danger, although his measure of the impossible was perhaps further outside the limits than for many other human beings.
	ks.essortment.com /klondikegoldru_rdax.htm (726 words)

	Robert William Service (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Robert William Service was born on January 16, 1874 to a Scottish bank clerk and the daughter of an English factory owner.
		Here Service found the western life he had sought, with its balance of a frontier sort of social life and the solitude of the northern woods.
		During his wanderings Service had spent much time reading and dreaming and one day he was invited to recite at a church concert.
	www.artdamage.com /service.htm (631 words)

	Life of Service, by Dan Duffy
		Robert William Service (1874-1958), a British subject, was born in England and raised in Scotland.
		Service was born on January 16th, 1974 in Preston, Lancashire to Robert and Emily Service of 4 Christian Road.
		Service had cheated the town's rich peasant out of the house on a previous visit, by pretending to be a poor fool who would lose his deposit, his life savings, by failing to pay the balance of a bargain price on time.
	lists.village.virginia.edu /sixties/HTML_docs/Texts/Narrative/Duffy_Service.html (3515 words)

	Robert Service: two poems and a biography
		Robert William Service arrived in Canada in 1896 after becoming disillusioned by he felt was a static and routine lifestyle in his native Scotland.
		Service seized the opportunity and was almost immediately inspired by the bawdy celebration going on down the street at a popular saloon.
		Robert Service never returned to the land he loved most in the world, however, his many poems and stories remain a written tribute to the Canadian Yukon and to Service’s life-long devotion to it.
	ks.essortment.com /robertservice_rvmy.htm (829 words)

	Poetry - Robert W Service
		For generations the Service family had lived in Kilwinning and when Robert senior moved north to work in Glasgow, he sent the future poet, and his brother John, to be raised by their grandparents in the Ayrshire town.
		Robert began school in the town and clearly was born to be a poet because on the occasion of his 6
		She is, herself, a fan of Robert Service’s work and has given the event her Royal blessing, showing once again how the Kilwinning Poet has reached into the very highest strata of society around the world.
	www.electricscotland.com /poetry/robert_service.htm (3101 words)

	Amazon.ca: Books: The Best of Robert Service (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Robert Service was born in England in 1874, but acquired his wit and taste for adventure during his boyhood years in the Highlands of Scotland.
		Robert Service is the master of the north, and in this anthology, he proves it.
		Robert Service's poems ranged from dark humor such as "The Cremation of Sam McGee," to sad and sentimental poems such as "Muguet." Some of his poems addressed particular topics such as taxes ("Resentment"), dieting ("The Battle of the Bulge"), etc. His collected poems are recommended for any age group.
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/081520065X (819 words)

	Robert Service
		Robert William Service (January 16, 1874 - September 11, 1958) was a poet born into a Scottish family while they were living in Preston, England.
		He became Canadian at the age of 21 when he gave up his job working in a Glasgow bank and moved to Vancouver Island with his Buffalo Bill outfit and dreams of becoming a cowboy.
		Within two years he was able to quit his job at the bank, and to travel -- to Paris, the French Riviera, to Hollywood, and beyond.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/r/ro/robert_service.html (313 words)

	The Poets. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Blake was a poet, a painter and an engraver.
		Suffered from a childhood spinal injury and was "doomed to invalidism and seclusion from the world" until she met Robert with whom she eloped, much to the consternation of her father.
		Poets of the late 19th and early 20th centuries who, rebelling against Victorian standards, denounced him for sentimentality, insipidity, intellectual shallowness, and narrow patriotism.
	www.blupete.com /Literature/Biographies/Literary/BiosPoets.htm (3002 words)

	Robert W. Service, poet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Robert Service is a famous poet who wrote such legendary pieces as "The Cremation of Sam McGee", "The Spell of the Yukon" and "The Shooting of Dan McGrew".
		Robert emigrated to Canada from Scotland in 1894 and spent eight years in Dawson City in the Yukon.
		Robert Service was also a newspaper correspondent for the Toronto Star during the Balkan Wars of 1912-13 and an ambulance driver and correspondent during World War 1.
	www.yukonalaska.com /service/rws.htm (280 words)

	Poet Biographies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		A noted english poet and essayist, Donne sailed with the Earl of Essex and Sir Walter Raleigh in the naval expeditions against Cadiz in August 1596, where the inspiration for his poem "The Burnt Ship" occurred.
		It was the reaction to this piece of audience-participation that, arguably, gave voice to the anti-War movement amongst the youth of America.
		Robert William Service was born in Preston, Lancashire, England of Scottish parents.
	www.philipgrae.dabsol.co.uk /war/poets (1460 words)

	[minstrels] The Rover -- Robert Service
		And it was at the age of thirty-nine, in 1913, that after half a lifetime of adventure and travel, bouncing from mining camp to boomtown, Robert Service found both love and a permanent home.
		Robert Service's adventures weren't quite over -- he drove an ambulance during the fighting at Verdun, he reported from many of the battlefield fronts of World War I, he made movies in Hollywood.
		Two parts the poem is: the first half glorifying the wild life of adventure with nothing to tie one down; the second half wistful for the comforts of a place to call one's own and the love of a lady to welcome one there.
	www.cs.rice.edu /~ssiyer/minstrels/poems/1639.html (909 words)

	Service, Robert William (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Service, Robert William, poet, novelist (b at Preston, Eng 16 Jan 1874; d at Lancieux, France 11 Sept 1958).
		Educated in Scotland, Service worked in a bank after he left school.
		Poems such as "The Shooting of Dan McGrew" assured Service of lasting fame and gave rise to his nicknames: "the Canadian Kipling" and "the Poet of the Yukon." During WWI he was an ambulance driver, and after the war he travelled throughout Europe but lived mostly in France.
	www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com /PrinterFriendly.cfm?ArticleId=A0007295 (182 words)

	100 Canadian Poets - Poet's Name - Profile
		Robert William Service was born in Preston, Lancashire, England on January 16, 1874 to Scottish parents.
		Educated at the University of Glasgow, Robert Service moved to Canada in 1894.
		Roberts, F. "A Bibliography of Robert William Service." Four Decades of Poetry 1890-1930 1 (1976): 76-85.
	www.ucalgary.ca /UofC/faculties/HUM/ENGL/canada/poet/r_service.htm (596 words)

	robert service cremation -- robert service cremation help \| genealogy search (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Robert Service, The Cremation of Sam McGee was a favorite along with John Masefield's Sea Fever.
		Service Robert W. Service Hardcover Robert William Service was born in Preston, England on...
		The Cremation of Sam McGee by Robert W. Service Robert W. Service, a Canadian poet and novelist, was known for his ballads of the Yukon.
	www.funeralaid.com /i/robertservicecremation (1381 words)

	Interview \| Robert Kroetsch
		I asked him about his interest in the poet Robert Service (whose work inspired The Man from the Creeks), his research into the history of the Klondike gold rush, and the roots of his fondness for the great Canadian North.
		Robert Kroetsch: I read the poem when I was a kid on the prairies of Canada, a young boy fascinated by the North even then.
		At the age of 17 I wrote a poem that owed a debt to Service.
	www.januarymagazine.com /profiles/kroetsch.html (1539 words)

	Robert Service and Jack London, writers from the gold rush
		Although Robert Service came late to the rush, he was still able to capture the longing, dread and thrill of those who made the journey.
		Service did not settle in any one spot for too long, but he continued to write wherever he moved.
		Unlike Robert Service, who relied on his imagination for his vivid portrait of the great gold rush, London lived and worked in the midst of the excitement.
	www.postalmuseum.si.edu /gold/literature.html (869 words)

	Robert W. Service, Just Another Canadian
		Robert Service was and always will be a Scot, one with a good education and a desire to see the world.
		The most important thing about Robert W. Service is that he became a Canadian and was able to tell about his adopted land so that other Canadians could see his world through his eyes.
		In this way Service is a good model for us to follow when you hear his voice there is no doubt that you are listening to a Scott but the passion he has for the Yukon and the North makes him a white knuckled Canadian.
	www.ftlcomm.com /ensign/historyAcc/service/service.html (419 words)

	Books of the poet: Robert W. Service - book works writings work
		Service was a Canadian poet and novelist, known for his ballads of the Yukon.
		Like Robert Service, artist Ted Harrison was also born in England and when he arrived in the Yukon in 1968 his art underwent a major transformation.
		Robert William Service (1874-1958), the son of a Scottish banker father and English mother, moved to Canada in 1896 at the age of twenty-two.
	www.poemhunter.com /robert-service/books/poet-9717 (1988 words)

	Robert Service: A Great Canadian Poet's Romance with the North
		Robert William Service lived a life of adventure.
		Despite his many adventures in Europe and around the world, the Yukon remained a strong influence on the poet until his death in 1958.
		His teachers predicted he would be a failure in life, but he went on to become the most successful - and likely the richest - poet of the 20th century.
	www.fedpubs.com /subject/history/robert_service.htm (160 words)

	Robert Service - Reviews on RateItAll (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Robert Service (1874-1958) was born in Scotland, but moved to Canada at age 21, complete with a Buffalo Bill outfit, intent on becoming a cowboy.
		Robert Service is noted for The Shooting of Dan McGrew, The Cremation of Sam McGee, and The Songs of Sourdough.
		Service's use of slang and vernacular makes him more of a people's poet, more concerned in the lower-class opinion than the stuffy, board members he disliked.
	www.rateitall.com /i-27486-robert-service.aspx (464 words)

	Amazon.com: Books: Collected Poems of Robert Service (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		For Robert Service is, without a doubt, one of the best-loved of the world's poets.
		I first came across Robert Service about third or fourth grade and the book was confiscated first by my teacher and then by my parents as "unsuitable".
		Service wrote for the everyday working man, in everything he is utterly approachable and unpretentious.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0399150153?v=glance (1594 words)

	RobertWService.Com - News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The 131st anniversary of the birth of poet Robert W Service on January 16, 1874 in Preston, Lancashire, was being celebrated by his many fans on 16 January.
		Robert W Service spent his formative years in Kilwinning where there is a prominent memorial to him in the town centre.
		There is no doubt that the rhyming of Robert W Service does appeal to a wide audience and he would have been delighted to know that 46 years after his death in 1958, his poetry is still eagerly read and appreciated by ordinary folk all over the world.
	www.robertwservice.com /modules/news/article.php?storyid=15 (178 words)

	Robert Service Birthday Commemoration
		Service planned printing a small volume for friends and family.
		On January 21, 1995, the first annual Robert Service Birthday Commemoration celebration was held at the Westmark Hotel in Whitehorse.
		Robert Service, the most widely read poet of this century, was born on Jaunary 16, 1874.
	www.yukonweb.com /special/rservice (584 words)

	Robert Service Main (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Robert William Service was born in Lancashire, England on January 16, 1874.
		Service produced more than twenty verse collections and romances, including Ballads of a Cheechako, and Bar-Room Ballads.
		Too bad there are not more poets like Service, and fewer who seem to be talking to themselves in wispy symbolisms that resemble nothing so much as the maunderings of 3 a.m.
	www.yesnet.yk.ca /schools/carcross/dawsoncity/robertservice.htm (1219 words)

	The Story of Robert Service, Bard of the Yukon
		Robert Service, the Yukon's most famous poet, would have described these men as being in harmony with their Fate - with Destiny.
		Robert W. Service was born on January 16, 1874, in Lancashire, England.
		The fl man eventually returned and Robert was sent on his way with a gift from one of the whores: a Spanish guitar in a brown leather case.
	www.yukoner.com /service.htm (2866 words)

	Church Service
		Robert Service is included with poets Edwin Markham, Vachel Lindsay, Alan Seeger, John Oxenham, Alfred Noyes, John Masefield and Rupert Brooke.
		Service on the other hand, did not arrive on the scene until long after the fact, but captured the event so well in verse and prose that he often is the one associated with the event.
		Service on the other hand remains one of the most read poets.
	www.mounthoreb.org /Servicefolder/Servicesechurch.html (1406 words)

	Robert Service: A Great Canadian Poet's Romance with the North (Amazing Stories) - Computer Toaster (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Never realized that the poet Robert Service was such an adventurer and rebel until I read this book.
		Author does a great job of taking the reader along as Robert Service goes after his dreams and along the way, writes some of the world's greatest poetry.
		The book captures well the adventuresome, wanderlust side of Robert Service, weaving in stories about his family life and his career as a poet, author and novelist.
	computertoaster.com /reviews/asinsearch_155153956X (202 words)

	Robert Service play for Claddagh Hall
		Robert Service, Bard of the Yukon, actor Mike O'Mahony's powerful re-telling of the life story of the poet who contributed some immortal ballads like The Shooting of Dan McGrew and The Cremation of Sam McGee to popular literature, will be performed on January 16, at 8.00pm in the Claddagh Hall.
		Not only has the actor tremendous presence on stage, so much so that he makes you feel you're actually listening to the man himself, Service's life - as a hobo, a gold miner and a most original and distinctive poet - has a fascination all its own.
		And this year there's an additional reason to remember Service - the centenary of the famous Klondike gold rush, which gave the poet his inspiration for many of his best ballads.
	www.galwayadvertiser.ie /ent/080198/page12.htm (153 words)

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