We got a good diet of Robert Service in the summer of ‘71. Lake LeBarge is still the clearest water that I’ve ever seen.
My admitted shortcoming in post 37 are certainly no fault of your Father’s. While I can say that I wish that he had attempted to expose me to Service, I both have my doubts about how much affect it would have had, and would not have wanted to compromise the composition section of his teaching at all.
I did not know that there was a Canadian aspect to your family’s experiences. My contact with the Canadian west, alas, is very limited.