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| | Poetry - Robert W Service |
 | | However, throughout the world, it was the average man on the street that read and related with the poet& work. | | | Prof J McKay, the chief biographer of Robert Service notes that "no other poet, save Burns, has enjoyed such wide appeal with the common man". | | | Robert began school in the town and clearly was born to be a poet because on the occasion of his 6 |
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http://www.electricscotland.com/poetry/robert_service.htm
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| | Amazon.ca: Books: Robert Service: A Great Canadian Poet's Romance with the North |
| | 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. | | | 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. |
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http://www.amazon.ca/exec/obidos/ASIN/155153956X
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| | 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 Story of Robert Service, Bard of the Yukon |
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http://www.yukoner.com/service.htm
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| | Robert Service Life Stories, Books, & Links |
| | At one end of the range is the world's "Best Bad Poet," William McGonagall; at the other is poet laureate Tennyson's "In Memoriam"; somewhere in the middle is Robert Service, whose hobo-hero chooses New Year's Eve and McGuffy's Saloon for his last, fatal memory of Ethel. | | | FIND BOOKS BY ROBERT SERVICE AT Powell's Books | | | On this day in 1874 Robert Service -- "the Kipling of Canada" -- was born in Preston, England. |
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http://todayinliterature.com/biography/robert.service.asp
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| | RobertWService.Com - Robert W Service, The Original Homepage |
| | Fancy-Dan dilettantes will dispute the description "great." He was a people's poet. | | | Dedicated to preserving the memory and poetry of Robert W. Service. | | | They understood him, and knew that any verse carrying the by-line of Robert W. Service would be a lilting thing, clear, clean and power-packed, beating out a story with a dramatic intensity that made the nerves tingle. |
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http://www.robertwservice.com
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| | 100 Canadian Poets - Poet's Name - Profile |
| | Roberts, F. "A Bibliography of Robert William Service." Four Decades of Poetry 1890-1930 1 (1976): 76-85. | | | "Folk Poetry of Robert W. Service." Alaska Review 2 (1965): 16-26. | | | Cowan, Edward J. "The War Rhymes of Robert Service, Folk Poet." Studies in Scottish Literature 28 (1993): 12-27. |
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http://www.ucalgary.ca/UofC/faculties/HUM/ENGL/canada/poet/r_service.htm
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| | First World War.com - Prose & Poetry - Robert Service |
| | Robert William Service (1874-1958) was a Canadian wartime correspondent, novelist and poet. | | | Service's post-war career saw him continue to publish novels and poetry, and he continued to travel widely. | | | It was while working for the bank that Service was posted to the Yukon Territory, a terrain that inspired him to begin writing Canadian frontier poetry. |
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http://www.firstworldwar.com/poetsandprose/service.htm
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| | Robert W. Service, poet |
| | 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 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. | | | -The Shooting of Dan McGrew, by Robert W. Service |
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http://www.yukonalaska.com/service/rws.htm
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| | Robert Service and Jack London, writers from the gold rush |
| | The publisher recognized that he had been given literary gold and offered the poet a contract. | | | 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. | | | 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. |
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http://www.postalmuseum.si.edu/gold/literature.html
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| | Poet: Robert W. Service - All poems of Robert W. Service |
| | Robert W Service in his 30's Think of an Ayrshire poet named Robert who has... | | | Free Poetry E-Book: 832 poems of 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. |
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http://www.poemhunter.com/robert-service/poet-9717
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| | Service(Servos) Oxford Co. ONT Canada ? |
| | It's also rumoured that he was a first cousin to poet Robert Service (which I rather doubt). | | | A month ago or so I went to Ancestry.com and on a lark did a search for my great-great-grandfather William Service who married into the Cloughley's. | | | Daughter Marion Service married my great-grandfather Gordon Wills Sr. |
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http://genforum.genealogy.com/servis/messages/127.html
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| | Robert Service Birthday Commemoration |
| | Robert Service, the most widely read poet of this century, was born on Jaunary 16, 1874. | | | On January 21, 1995, the first annual Robert Service Birthday Commemoration celebration was held at the Westmark Hotel in Whitehorse. | | | Service planned printing a small volume for friends and family. |
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http://www.yukonweb.com/special/rservice
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| | The Cremation of Sam McGee poem by Robert W. Service |
| | Robert W. Service, a Canadian poet and novelist, was known for his ballads of the Yukon. | | | Robert William Service was born in Preston, England, on January 16, 1874. | | | The Cremation of Sam McGee poem by Robert W. Service |
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http://www.wordfocus.com/wordactcremation.html
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| | Robert Duncan Essays and Term Papers on Robert Duncan Essay Paper Research |
| | Over the years, our professional researchers have written thousands of undergraduate-, master-, and doctoral-level research papers, book reports, essays, and term papers on virtually all authors and poets, including Robert Duncan. | | | Since 1998, our Robert Duncan experts have helped students worldwide by providing the most comprehensive, lowest-priced research service online for Robert Duncan studies and coursework. | | | We can provide you with an excellent paper on any author or poet. |
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http://www.essaytown.com/authors/robert_duncan_essays_papers.html
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| | RobertWService.Com - Robert W Service, The Original Homepage |
| | They understood him, and knew that any verse carrying the by-line of Robert W. Service would be a lilting thing, clear, clean and power-packed, beating out a story with a dramatic intensity that made the nerves tingle. | | | And he was no poor, garret-type poet, either. | | | Fancy-Dan dilettantes will dispute the description "great." He was a people's poet. |
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http://www.robertwservice.com
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| | Western Front Online: Canadians en verse |
| | He described Kroetsch's most recent work, Man from the Creeks, as a story of the Klondike gold rush, based on the poems of Robert Service. | | | Going Nowhere Fast: Mis/placed poetics, a free reading and talk by Canadian writers Robert Kroetsch and Ron Smith, may help bridge the gap. | | | Alberta native Kroetsch is a poet, novelist and critic, who recently retired from teaching at the University of Manitoba, and the author of But We Are Exiles, The Studhorse Man, Badlands, What the Crow Said, Seed Catalogue and The Lovely Treachery of Words. |
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http://www.wcug.wwu.edu/~wfront/1999/February/accent966.html
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| | AYSCUE, SIR GEORGE - LoveToKnow Article on AYSCUE, SIR GEORGE |
| | AYTOUN, or AYTON, SIR ROBERT (15701638), Scottish poet, son of Andrew Aytoun of Kinaldie, Fifeshire, was born in 1570. | | | He was the only son of Roger Aytoun, a writer to the signet, and the family was of the same stock as Sir Robert Aytoun noticed above. | | | In 1648, when Sir William Batten went over to Holland with a portion of his squadron, Ayscues influence kept a large part of the fleet loyal to the Parliament, and in reward for this service he was appointed.the following year admiral of the Irish Seas. |
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http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/A/AY/AYSCUE_SIR_GEORGE.htm
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| | Clan Lindsay USA - History: The Lindsays |
| | William undertook for himself and his heirs to render the services required from these lands to the overlord and to the King. | | | David Lindsay of Glenesk was, by solemn belting and investiture, created Earl of Crawford by his brother-in-law, Robert, III, on the 21st of April, 1398 in the Parliament held at Perth. | | | David Lyndsay, Lord Lyon, King at Arms, was also a playwright and poet of the Reformation. |
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http://www.clanlindsayusa.org/history.html
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| | 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 certainly takes his time in composing novels. | | | 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. |
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http://www.januarymagazine.com/profiles/kroetsch.html
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| | Acclaimed Poet Rita Dove to Read at Mount Holyoke October 4 |
| | “Rita Dove has been an important presence in American poetry for many years—even before her service as poet laureate of the United States,” Professor of English Robert B. Shaw said. | | | “She is an exciting poet not only in her accomplishments but in her capacity for growth. | | | Dove served as poet laureate of the United States and consultant to the Library of Congress from 1993 to 1995 and is currently poet laureate of the Commonwealth of Virginia. |
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http://www.mtholyoke.edu/offices/comm/csj/092404/dove.shtml
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| | [New-Poetry] Canadian Poetry |
| | Bob C. replies: >From Richard Service to today's top poets such as Robert Hilles and Margaret Atwood, each poet brings their, (better, his/her) unique background to writing. | | | Poetry Catamaran "Just how advanced a poetic craft need be to sail along the'known mainstream' down to the poetic sea?" Robert R. Cobb AMONG FRIENDS, original art and poetry. | | | This is a multi-part message in MIME format... |
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http://ebbs.english.vt.edu/pipermail/new-poetry/2002-October/009233.html
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| | WORLD WAR I-ERA COLLECTIONS |
| | During World War I there are letters from Eleanor McClure who was in England, Elizabeth (McClure) Mackenzie who was associated with the Red Cross in France and Robert McClure who was a first lieutenant in the Air Service acting as an interpreter in France. | | | consist of correspondence of Robert Baldwin Ross, art critic, and Siegfried Lorraine Sassoon, poet. | | | Elizabeth (McClure) Mackenzie's adopted son Enrico was in the 76th Field Artillery and numerous letters relate his experiences during the war and during the long stay of his division in Europe after the war. |
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http://www.iub.edu/~liblilly/lilly/mss/subject/wwI.html
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| | robert service cremation -- robert service cremation help genealogy search |
| | 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. | | | 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... |
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| | The book of Robert Southwell, priest, poet, prisoner :: The book of Robert Southwell, priest, poet, prisoner books, reviews and more |
| | Robert Spector "Lessons from the Nordstrom Way How Companies are Emulating the 1 Customer Service Company". | | | Robert Southwell "The book of Robert Southwell, priest, poet, prisoner". | | | Robert Spector "The Nordstrom Way The Inside Story of America s 1 Customer Service Company Nordstrom Way 2nd Edition". |
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| | More info about the poet: Robert Service - references bibliography |
| | Robert Service (1874 - 1958) Canadian poet [more author details]. | | | Robert Service Searchable Database I've put this database of Service's poetry together. | | | Robert William Service was born on January 16, 1874 to a Scottish bank clerk and the daughter of an English factory owner. |
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http://www.poemhunter.com/robert-service/resources/poet-9717/page-1/
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| | Robert W Service - Otago Central |
| | Robert W. Service, a Canadian poet and novelist, was known for his ballads of the Yukon. | | | Poetry Robert W Service Think of an Ayrshire poet named Robert who has a global following and whose fame has survived his death. | | | Robert W. Service: Bard of the Yukon History and Biography The Works of Robert Service Modern Interpretations of Service's Works... |
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http://www.dfunked.com/robert-w-service.html
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| | 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. | | | 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. | | | Robert began school in the town and clearly was born to be a poet because on the occasion of his 6 |
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http://www.electricscotland.com/poetry/robert_service.htm
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| | Related Website - Cremation of Sam McGee: A Poem by Robert W. Service, The (1982) - RobertWService.Com - Library |
| | service, robert service, poet, poetry, bard, literature, yukon, canada, alaska, anne longepe, sourdough, cheechako, sam mcgee, dan mcgrew, d | | | Cremation of Sam McGee: A Poem by Robert W. Service, The (1982) - RobertWService.Com - Library | | | Cremation of Sam McGee: A Poem by Robert W. Service, The (1982) Quick Bits |
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http://rotteneggs.com/r/show/se/3946376.html
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| | Open Directory - Arts: Literature: Poetry: Poets: S: Service, Robert W. |
| | Poetry Recitals in MP3 - MP3 files of poet Erin Thomas reciting and singing poetry by Robert Service, Alfred Lord Tennyson, Julia C. Dorr, Myra Brooks Welch, George H. Miles, Thomas Campbell, Angela Morgan, Corinne Roosevelt Robinson, and Erin Thomas. | | | 100 Canadian Poets: Robert Service - Brief biography, publications, and list of articles. | | | Spend the Night with Robert Service - Information on the annual birthday commemoration held in Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, Canada. |
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