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otterdroppings t1_iy9el03 wrote
Reply to comment by tolerantgravity in TIL Robert W. Service sent his poems to his father to be printed and given as gifts to friends. Service received back an offer of royalties for publication, the printers had loved the poems, The Spell of the Yukon and Other Verses was an immediate success and Service quit his bank job the next year. by jamescookenotthatone
By the men who moil for gold...
otterdroppings t1_iy8q14b wrote
Reply to comment by Khontis in TIL Robert W. Service sent his poems to his father to be printed and given as gifts to friends. Service received back an offer of royalties for publication, the printers had loved the poems, The Spell of the Yukon and Other Verses was an immediate success and Service quit his bank job the next year. by jamescookenotthatone
The Cremation of Sam McGee has always been a favourite...
otterdroppings t1_iy9k2rr wrote
Reply to comment by M2ThaL in TIL Robert W. Service sent his poems to his father to be printed and given as gifts to friends. Service received back an offer of royalties for publication, the printers had loved the poems, The Spell of the Yukon and Other Verses was an immediate success and Service quit his bank job the next year. by jamescookenotthatone
Rather less savoury addition.... I got into RWS as a kid: one of his collected poems was in my Dads library, we didn't have a TV (we didn't have a lot of money, period - but I did have access to a lot of books) and something about the rhythm, the cadence of his poetry really did it for me.
Came as a bit of a shock in my teenage years to discover the pastiche versions, especially 'Eskimo Nell'...