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  <title><![CDATA[Collected Poems of Robert Service]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Robert W. Service]]></name>
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  <read_at>Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[A gem.  Alaskan poems that are so &quot;American&quot; you have gold dust behind your ears, Mississippi mud in your socks, and an arrow through your heart when you finish just a few of these.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[There is a race of men who don't fit in.....A race that can't be still...so,they break the heart of kith and kin and rome the world at will..........Robert Service.........nomad]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[and currently reading.  HE is one of the best poets of the Yukon ever.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Love his poetry. Ballad of the Ice Worm Cocktail...]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[YES YES YES]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Immediately after hearing The Cremation of Sam Mcgee when I was ten I checked it out of the library and memorized it. I still know it entirely word for word. AAnd although the same can't be said for The Shooting of Sam Mcgraw, The Ballad of Blasphemous Bill, Clancy of the Mounties or The Spell of th...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/26368510">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I went on a fantastic canoe trip in British Columbia. Our guide recited Robert Service by campfirelight and I've been hooked every since. Robert Service wrote rambling story poems that were drawn from his experiences in the far north of Canada.<br/><br/>Poetry to read aloud, memorize and share wit...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/24981409">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[All kinds of poetry from the bar room ballads of the Yukon to the Bohemian quatrians of Paris. Humorous as well as meloncholy, fanciful and brutally honest. All in one collection spanning 3 decades. Includes &quot;Rhymes of a Red Cross Man&quot; the best selling non-ficton work in 1916.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Alaskana... a must read for people interested in Alaska and the Yukon.<br/><br/>&quot;The Cremation of Sam McGee&quot; is especially delightful, even if poetry isn't your thing (as it isn't really mine).<br/><br/>&quot;Now Sam McGee was from Tennessee where the cotton blooms and blows...&quot;]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Five Stars!  A magnificant collection of poetry covering Service's days in the frozen Yukon, as a Red Cross ambulance driver in WWI, and his days in Paris. Even if you think don't like poetry, you'll enjoy this!]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A folk poet that I really enjoy. I discovered Service after hearing him read at a last lecture. &quot;The Quitter&quot; is one of my favorites, he's a nice break from the Avant Garde poets I normally read. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Okay, so I haven't read every single poem in this book, but I have read many of them and I do love his style and his sense of humor.  When you read some of these poems you've just got to smile.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I really love the poetry of Bob Service.  The &quot;frontier&quot; stuff isn't my bag, but his writing about the First World War is heart stoppingly beautiful and sad.  Amazing.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[All you could ever wish to know about Yukon gold rush told in poetry and with a wry sense of humor!]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[The Cremation of Sam McGee is one of the best pieces of literature I have ever encountered.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[My favorite poet. Best read over a campfire with a flashlight shining in the readers face!]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I'm not much of a poetry reader, but this I have read countless times]]></body>
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