# Songs of a Sourdough — Character guide

> Key figures in Songs of a Sourdough by Robert W. Service.

- [Sam McGee](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/songs_of_a_sourdough_se/characters/sam_mcgee.md): A Tennessee prospector who chased Yukon gold despite a bone-deep hatred of cold, and who begs his partner for one final, firelit favor.
- [Dangerous Dan McGrew](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/songs_of_a_sourdough_se/characters/dangerous_dan_mcgrew.md): The Malamute saloon's notorious gambler, whose casual call for a spread misere sets the music throbbing and the room on edge.
- [the stranger](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/songs_of_a_sourdough_se/characters/the_stranger.md): A dust-glazed man from the creeks who drifts into the Malamute, calls Dan McGrew a hound of hell, and lets his pistols answer for him.
- [Lou](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/songs_of_a_sourdough_se/characters/lou.md): The woman at the Malamute whose kiss and pinch of the poke make her the quiet hinge on which Dan McGrew's last night turns.
- [Kit](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/songs_of_a_sourdough_se/characters/kit.md): A roving northern narrator who trades the din of London and Paris for salmon rivers, clover, and the long story of the Yukon trail.
- [Honey](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/songs_of_a_sourdough_se/characters/honey.md): A term of endearment used for a beloved figure in a poem.
- [Master](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/songs_of_a_sourdough_se/characters/master.md): A divine or authoritative figure addressed in prayer-like poems.
- [Cap](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/songs_of_a_sourdough_se/characters/cap.md): A minor character, possibly a captain or leader, mentioned briefly.

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