Footfalls (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Wilbur Daniel Steele
- First Published: 1920
- Type of Plot: Fable
- Time of Work: The 1920's
- Setting: An unnamed New England coastal town
- Principal Characters: Boaz Negro, Manuel, Campbell Walker
- Genres: Fable, Short fiction
- Subjects: Parents and children, Blindness or blind persons, Mistaken or secret identity, Betrayal, 1920’s, New England, Violence, Fathers, Beaches or seashores, Portugal or Portuguese people, Sound
- Locales: New England
The Story
Boaz Negro, a blind Portuguese immigrant cobbler living in a small New England fishing village, has faced his disability and other hardships, such as the death of his wife, unflinchingly and with a cheerful equanimity that flows from his ineradicable joy in life. He loves his fellow townspeople, whom he recognizes by their footsteps, but he especially dotes on his son, Manuel. He is always ready to supply the young man with pocket money, unable to see that his spoiling has made Manuel too lazy to set on a definite career path. Manuel contrasts sharply with Campbell...
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