Folks might be interested in a short story I found in the Saturday Evening Post. It was published in 1921 and was by Lloyd Osbourne, the stepson of Robert Louis Stevenson (a barefooter in his own right).
So, here is The Man Who. (Yes, the ending is a bit disappointing for a barefooter, but the rest is still pretty good.)
It was also made into a (silent) movie:
So, here is The Man Who. (Yes, the ending is a bit disappointing for a barefooter, but the rest is still pretty good.)
It was also made into a (silent) movie:
