Selections from Ballads of a Cheechako

By Service, Robert W.

Book Id: WPLBN0002953248
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File Size: 39.82 MB
Reproduction Date: 2008

Title:	Selections from Ballads of a Cheechako
Author:	Service, Robert W.
Volume:
Language:	English
Subject:	Poetry, Poetry
Collections:	Audio Books Collection, Selections from Ballads of a Cheechako
Historic Publication Date:	1909
Publisher:	LibriVox Audio Books


Citation APA MLA Chicago W. Servic, B. R. (1909). Selections from Ballads of a Cheechako. Retrieved from http://www.gutenberg.us/

Description
These twelve poems are taken from Ballads of a Cheechako which was Robert W. Service's third book of Yukon poems, published in 1909. The word Cheechako, from Chinook Jargon, originated in the United States (Alaska) and Canada (Yukon) and was imported into local English during the Yukon gold rush that began in 1896. Cheechako, is a non derogatory word meaning newcomer or tenderfoot. The derivation looks something like this: chee new cha come ko home. (summary by Heidi Preuss)

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Electronic recorded live performance of a reading

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Poetry