A cordwainer (or cordovan) is somebody who makes shoes and other articles from fine soft leather. shoe for right foot A shoe is a piece of footwear for humans, less than a boot and more than a slipper. ... Modern leather-making tools Leather is a material created through the tanning of hides, pelts and skins of animals, primarily cows. ...

See also shoemaking Shoemaking is a traditional career/craft, mostly superseded by industrial manufacture of footwear. ...

Cordwainer Smith was a science-fiction writer. Cordwainer Smith -- pronounced Cordiner Smith -- was the pen-name used by the American author Dr. Paul Myron Anthony Linebarger (July 11, 1913 - August 6, 1966) for his science fiction works. ... Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology upon society and persons as individuals. ... Though anyone who creates a written work may be called a writer, the term is usually reserved for those who write creatively or professionally, or those who have written in many different forms. ...