Put on your shoes, or slippers, or boots. Hurry now, we’ve no time to waste.
Can’t tell your left from your right? No problem if you lived in the early or mid-19th century. These were decades when the shoemaker (or cordwainer) used a straight last to shape the shoe. Left and right were identical when new. Only after you had worn them many weeks, consistently putting the same one of the left (and the opposite on the right) did the shoe shape a little to your unique foot.
Step into the past and absorb the sights, sounds, and scents of the shoemaker’s shop. Do you smell leather? Glue? Are the awls and knives stored to keep them sharp? How many lasts are hanging on the wall?
Kurt Tafel moves from Pennsylvania to Illinois to set up his own shoemaking and cobbler shop. He both made new shoes and repaired those in need of new heels, soles, or stitching. To discover what he finds after arriving in fictional Elm Ridge during the autumn of 1851, check out the sweet historical romance, Stitching a Dream.
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