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Leinster, Murray
1896
1975
Jenkins, Will
Jenkins, William Fitzgerald
Fitzgerald, William
Jenkins, Will F.
Boots : $b a story of the sierra of Peru
$aNew York :$bThe Butterick Publishing Company, $c1929.
Produced from the August 15, 1929 issue of Adventure magazine.
Reading ease score: 84.0 (6th grade). Easy to read.
Roger Frank and Sue Clark
"Boots: A Story of the Sierra of Peru" by Murray Leinster is a short story that falls within the adventure genre, written in the late 1920s. Set in the lush jungles and rugged mountains of Peru, the narrative explores themes of ambition, desperation, and the complex interactions between different cultures, particularly between Native Americans and white adventurers. The central plot revolves around the motivations and actions of the protagonist, Juan, as he navigates the arrival of three white men who embody both madness and opportunity. The story begins with Juan, a mostly Araucanian Indian, who maintains a simple life in the jungle until he encounters three destitute and seemingly insane white men on a quest for emeralds. As the men eat his meager food and tell wild stories about their fortunes, Juan's initial fear turns to scorn as he observes their hunger and gluttony. Fueled by his own feelings of inferiority and a desire to impress a beautiful woman back home, Juan's envy of the dark man's boots sparks a transformation within him. Tension escalates when he realizes that one of the men plans to betray the others for the emeralds. In a moment of fear and desperation, Juan acts decisively, killing the would-be murderer with a swift arrow. In the end, Juan takes the boots as a symbol of power and status, leaving the emeralds behind, highlighting the story's moral complexities and the thin line between sanity and madness. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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