# Songs of a Sourdough — Character guide

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

- [Sam McGee](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/songs_of_a_sourdough_se/characters/sam_mcgee.md): A prospector who freezes to death and is cremated by his friend.
- [Dangerous Dan McGrew](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/songs_of_a_sourdough_se/characters/dangerous_dan_mcgrew.md): A notorious gambler and troublemaker in the Malamute saloon.
- [the stranger](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/songs_of_a_sourdough_se/characters/the_stranger.md): A mysterious man who enters the saloon and shoots Dan McGrew.
- [Lou](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/songs_of_a_sourdough_se/characters/lou.md): A woman in the Malamute saloon, the object of Dan McGrew's attention.
- [Kit](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/songs_of_a_sourdough_se/characters/kit.md): A recurring narrator or focal character in several poems.
- [Honey](https://www.betterreads.online/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.online/discover/songs_of_a_sourdough_se/characters/master.md): A divine or authoritative figure addressed in prayer-like poems.
- [Cap](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/songs_of_a_sourdough_se/characters/cap.md): A minor character, possibly a captain or leader, mentioned briefly.

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