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The Spell of the Yukon and Other Verses

Gelesen von Becky Cook

(4,462 Sterne; 13 Bewertungen)

Known as the Bard of the Yukon and as a people's poet, Robert Service immortalized his experience with the Yukon and its gold rush and this collection of poetry. While some poems are anecdotal and amusing, others capture the raw brilliance that frontiers evoke and the ever pioneering spirit of man. Alternately titled Songs of a Sourdough in the United Kingdoms. (Introduction by Becky) (1 hr 20 min)

Chapters

01 - The Land God Forgot

1:13

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02 - The Spell of the Yukon

3:18

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03 - The Heart of the Sourdough

2:11

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04 - The Three Voices

1:26

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05 - The Law of the Yukon

5:38

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06 - The Parson's Son

3:47

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07 - The Call of the Wild

2:49

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08 - The Lone Trail

2:20

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09 - The Pines

2:19

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10 - The Lure of Little Voices

1:49

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11 - The Song of the Wage-Slave

2:58

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12 - Grin

1:32

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13 - The Shooting of Dan McGrew

4:43

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14 - The Cremation of Sam McGee

4:38

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15 - My Madonna

0:54

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16 - Unforgotten

0:54

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17 - The Reckoning

1:21

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18 - Quatrains

1:45

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19 - The Men That Don't Fit In

1:30

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20 - Music in the Bush

2:42

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21 - The Rhyme of the Remittance Man

2:29

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22 - The Low-Down White

1:45

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23 - The Little Old Log Cabin

1:50

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24 - The Younger Son

2:45

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25 - The March of the Dead

2:59

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26 - "Fighting Mac"

3:19

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27 - The Woman and the Angel

1:56

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28 - The Rhyme of the Restless Ones

2:05

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29 - New Year's Eve

3:37

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30 - Comfort

1:11

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31 - The Harpy

2:41

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32 - Premonition

0:58

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33 - The Tramps

1:11

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34 - L'Envoi

1:37

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Bewertungen

bret harte or jack london

(5 Sterne)

if they wrote doggerel (pun intended: service is famous for his dog stories and poems,), it would be something like this. Give it a listen, and as always, thank you glorious LibriVOX volunteers, esp. Becky Cook, who read them perfectly. YOU RULE!!!!!

(4 Sterne)

Service was my father's favorite poet. He would read aloud when I was a boy. Readers treated his work very well. Enjoyable and informative.

(4 Sterne)

great poems, reader a bit under dramatic