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The History of Kings County, Nova Scotia, Heart of the Acadian Land, Giving a Sketch of the French and Their Expulsion
The History of Kings County Nova Scotia Heart of the Acadian Land Giving a Sketch of the French and Their Expulsion Author:Arthur Wentworth Hamilton Eaton Subtitle: And a History of the New England Planters Who Came in Their Stead, With Many Genealogies, 1604-1910 General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1910 Original Publisher: The Salem Press Company Subjects: Kings (N.S. : County) History Kings (N.S. : County) Social life and customs Kings (N.S. : County) Geneal... more »ogy Kings (N.S. : County) Kings County (N.S.) History / Canada / General History / Canada / Pre-Confederation (to 1867) History / Canada / Post-Confederation (1867-) Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: CHAPTER III THE ACADIAN FRENCH Ever since the writing of Longfellow's Evangeline, an atmosphere of peculiar romance has encircled the country about Minas Basin, in Nova Scotia's garden County of King's. Except Scott's Lady of the Lake no modern narrative poem has done so much to excite interest in a special locality as the famous poem which perpetuates the loves and sorrows of the simple French peasant folk who in the 18th century were rudely torn from thrifty homes in a favoured province, and dragged forcibly into suffering exile in other colonies, where as miserable paupers they were hated and shunned. In the very names, Acadia or Acadie, and Grand Pre, a certain compelling poetry for most men resides, and the opening lines of Longfellow's poem: "In the Acadian land, on the shores of the Basin of Minas, Distant, secluded, still, the little village of Grand IW- Lay in the fruitful valley " -- have awakened multitudes to feel the charm that lies in the ancient musical nomenclature of this lovely region. No less have they tended to arouse interest in the real beauty that dwells in the rural landscape about this peaceful inland bay. When one visits the region o...« less