“But canoeing fascinated him really. He was pleased by the picturesque
and summery appearance he made in an outing shirt and canvas shoes
paddling about Crum Lake in one of the bright red or green or blue
canoes that were leased by the hour. And at such times these summer
scenes appeared to possess an airy, fairy quality, especially with a
summer cloud or two hanging high above in the blue.”

—Theodore Dreiser, An American Tragedy, 1925.