Desert Boots – A Quick Read

When soldiers are in the desert they wear desert boots.  They in popularity after Desert Storm.  There is even a casual style of stylish boot called Clarks. Both desert boots are tan, one is more for work than the other, but both remain popular.

For many reasons it’s wise to wear desert boots when walking in the desert.  First of all they’re high.  Sand in the shoe can be very dangerous in a desert or anywhere someone has to do a lot of walking.  It can ruin your feet.  Pants tucked into the boot form a shield against the sand.  Insulation keeps feet warm in the cold during desert nights.  Insulation is just as important against the heat.

The book series “Dune” had a science fiction take on an improvement to standard boots. These were the stillsuit boots that had all the features of real desert boots and more. In these books a stillsuit was cooled by pumping the wearers own sweat throughout the system. The boots contained pumps in the heel that performed this function. The pumps were powered by the person’s own walking motion. That’s pretty clever, but there’s nothing like that yet in the real world.

Now onto those Clark Desert Boots, usually called Clarks. No soldier would wear these on duty. In fact no working person would or could wear these on the job. They’re made for look and recreation, not for function. They were an effort to convert the popular boot and jeans look from the 70′s into something that could work in an office setting or for a casual night on the town. For Clarks it was mission accomplished. Many people like the stylish look of these boots. And they can at least pretend to be doing something useful.

No soldier would have thought of all the uses and possibilities of his boots when he first placed them on his feet. There would be even less thought about it after a long march in the heat. But it was these soldiers who brought back the idea of wearing desert boots. It caught on and took off from there.

So in a way it was soldiers who brought desert boots from the battlefield into the fashion world.

Desert Boots A Quick Read

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Mister Boots $3.59 Bobby Lassiter has some important secretsbut its not as if anyones paying attention. Its the middle of the Depression, and while Bobbys mother and older sister knit all day to make money, Bobby explores the California desert around their home. Thats how Bobby finds Boots. Hes under their one half-dead tree, halfdead himself. Right away hes a secret, tooa secret to be fed and clothed and taken care of, and even more of a secret because of what he can do. Sometimes Boots is a man. Sometimes hes (really, truly) a horse. He and Bobby both know something about magicand those who read this book will, too.Bobby Lassiter has some important secretsbut its not as if anyones paying attention. Its the middle of the Depression, and while Bobbys mother and older sister knit all day to make money, Bobby explores the California desert around their home. Thats how Bobby finds Boots. Hes under their one half-dead tree, halfdead himself. Right away hes a secret, tooa secret to be fed and clothed and taken care of, and even more of a secret because of what he can do. Sometimes Boots is a man. Sometimes hes (really, truly) a horse. He and Bobby both know something about magicand those who read this book will, too.

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