Footprints is a work of historical fiction crafted into an inspiring and moving story. The dreams of the original German migrants, who arrived in the 1870s, are dashed time and again before their eventual realisation. The narrative traces the life of Bill, the grandson of the migrants. He has no education and few resources so he struggles to survive the pressures exerted by two World Wars and the Great Depression. In desperation he humps his swag down the lonely roads. His promise to his dying father is to pass on land to his children is unlikely to be achieved.

Bill is supported by the women in his life but even they create problems just as he seems to be achieving his goals. It is many years before he finds that his pledge has been fulfilled. Bill is left behind as the rural industries mechanise and develop around him but his unique brand of earthly wisdom sustains him until the tales reaches an emotionally satisfying conclusion. Source: www.scliterary.org/ (Sighted 06/12/2010).