The Cremation of Sam McGee

The Cremation of Sam McGee
by Robert W. Service
First published inSongs of a Sourdough
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish
Publication date1907
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"The Cremation of Sam McGee" is among the most famous of Robert W. Service's poems. It was published in 1907 in Songs of a Sourdough. (A "sourdough", in this sense, is a resident of the Yukon.) It concerns the cremation of a prospector who freezes to death near Lake Laberge (spelled "Lebarge" by Service), Yukon, Canada, as told by the man who cremates him.

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