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George Blackstone Field

1883–1952

Remembered for verse shaped by the landscapes and hard work of the North American frontier, this little-known writer drew on a life connected with surveying and western settlement. His surviving work has a plainspoken, historical feel that suits readers curious about regional poetry and life on the land.

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Rhymes of the Survey and Frontier

Rhymes of the Survey and Frontier

by George Blackstone Field

About the author

George Blackstone Field (1883–1952) appears to have been a poet best known for Rhymes of the Survey and Frontier, a collection associated with the American and Canadian West. The available records found for him are sparse, so a full personal biography is hard to confirm with confidence.

What can be said is that his writing is remembered for its frontier setting and for its interest in surveying, settlement, and the working landscapes of the West. That gives his work a documentary charm as well as a literary one, preserving something of the tone and texture of an earlier era.

Because reliable online biographical sources on Field are limited, details about his life beyond his birth and death years should be treated cautiously unless supported elsewhere.