Frederic S. Cozzens’s Acadia (1859) is a lively travel sketch set during a summer spent in Nova Scotia — then known colloquially as the land of the Blue Noses. Cozzens brings the practised eye of a comic journalist to the landscapes, people, and minor misadventures of maritime Canada, rendering each with dry wit and a warm good humour that never quite tips into condescension.
A cheerful curiosity of nineteenth-century American travel writing, Acadia rewards readers with sharp observation and an easy, entertaining style. Download this free EPUB and spend a month up north with one of the period’s more agreeable literary travellers.