I've always enjoyed Service's works. I first found him rather unexpectedly: a house I walked by often was getting gutted and torn down. Being a nosy teenager, I stopped by the house on an "off" day, after nearly everything had been taken out. In the center of one room was a great big pile of books, and among them was the original 1909 printing of Ballads of a Cheechako. Still have it to this day.