Angels' Shoes, and Other Stories

"Angels' Shoes, and Other Stories" by Marjorie L. C. Pickthall is a compilation of short narratives from the early 1900s, where stories establish a sense of adventure intertwined with moral inquiries. In the initial story, "Angels' Shoes," the reader finds Buck Brennan in a setting of dense jungle near the Horado River, where the tale explores motifs of perseverance, selfhood, and destiny. When Brennan rescues a man and a local girl from the waters near his boat, the Dorotea Dixon, his tough demeanor faces tests of empathy and new bonds. Hints of deeper investigations into Brennan's nature occur alongside the difficult lives of those he meets, especially when he deals with feelings of belonging and challenging ethics amid the abundant, although risky, wilderness.