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*[http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0325007535/ref=sr_11_1/103-4664212-1675038?%5Fencoding=UTF8 ''Shoes on the Highway'' (book): A drama teacher uses roadside shoes to inspire student art.] | |||
*[http://www.flickr.com/photos/mrtruffle/sets/879175/ Flickr photos: footwear abandoned by the side of the road, on sidewalks, and elsewhere.] | |||
*[http://books.heinemann.com/shoesonthehighway/default.aspx 33 photos of shoes on the highway, by the author of "Shoes on the Highway."] | |||
*[http://www.widemedia.com/fashionuk/news/2004/08/02/news0003247.html About Shoe Friends, a British group dedicated to keeping people from abandoning or binning their shoes.] | *[http://www.widemedia.com/fashionuk/news/2004/08/02/news0003247.html About Shoe Friends, a British group dedicated to keeping people from abandoning or binning their shoes.] | ||
*[http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:7izOVohrahgJ:www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/entertainment/12321359.htm+%22abandoned+shoes%22+(road+OR+highway+OR+freeway+OR+roadside)&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=6&client=firefox-a Wichita Eagle article about shoe abandonment (google cache).] | *[http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:7izOVohrahgJ:www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/entertainment/12321359.htm+%22abandoned+shoes%22+(road+OR+highway+OR+freeway+OR+roadside)&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=6&client=firefox-a Wichita Eagle article about shoe abandonment (google cache).] | ||
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Abandoned footwear, generally a lone boot or shoe, is frequently noted in ponds and along roadsides (particularly highways). Pairs of shoes, tied together by their laces, are sometimes thrown in great numbers into shoe trees. It is not known why old shoes and boots seem to be abandoned more often than other articles of clothing, such as shirts or caps.
In Popular Culture
- A fisherman hauling up an old boot, rather than a fish, is a old comic-strip joke.
External Links
- Shoes on the Highway (book): A drama teacher uses roadside shoes to inspire student art.
- Flickr photos: footwear abandoned by the side of the road, on sidewalks, and elsewhere.
- 33 photos of shoes on the highway, by the author of "Shoes on the Highway."
- About Shoe Friends, a British group dedicated to keeping people from abandoning or binning their shoes.
- Wichita Eagle article about shoe abandonment (google cache).