The Spell of the Yukon and Other Verses: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Spell of the Yukon and Other Verses, credited to Robert W. Service, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of The Spell of the Yukon and Other Verses, by Robert W. Service. Read by Becky Cook. 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)

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Spell of the Yukon and Other Verses
• Author credits: Robert W. Service
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 34
• Listed recording duration: 1:20:10

Catalogue topics

• poetry
• Canada
• wilderness
• nature

Opening tracks: first 24 of 34

1. 01 - The Land God Forgot — 1:14
2. 02 - The Spell of the Yukon — 3:18
3. 03 - The Heart of the Sourdough — 2:12
4. 04 - The Three Voices — 1:26
5. 05 - The Law of the Yukon — 5:39
6. 06 - The Parson's Son — 3:47
7. 07 - The Call of the Wild — 2:49
8. 08 - The Lone Trail — 2:21
9. 09 - The Pines — 2:19
10. 10 - The Lure of Little Voices — 1:49
11. 11 - The Song of the Wage-Slave — 2:58
12. 12 - Grin — 1:32
13. 13 - The Shooting of Dan McGrew — 4:43
14. 14 - The Cremation of Sam McGee — 4:38
15. 15 - My Madonna — 0:54
16. 16 - Unforgotten — 0:55
17. 17 - The Reckoning — 1:21
18. 18 - Quatrains — 1:45
19. 19 - The Men That Don't Fit In — 1:31
20. 20 - Music in the Bush — 2:42
21. 21 - The Rhyme of the Remittance Man — 2:29
22. 22 - The Low-Down White — 1:46
23. 23 - The Little Old Log Cabin — 1:51
24. 24 - The Younger Son — 2:45

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