Who is Walter Smith from An Ice-cream War and what is their importance? An_Ice-cream_War English & Literature Walter Smith | An Ice-cream War

Walter Smith was an engineer by profession. He came to Africa because he longed for adventure. The manager of a metal foundry, Smith saw an advertisement for a manager for an African hunting expedition..... he jumped at the opportunity. Unfortunately, he was fired from that job, but in the end, he decided that Africa was the place he wanted to be.

In the novel's opening pages, Walter owns a farm in British East Africa. He has tried a variety of crops, but he has found his greatest success in growing and processing sisal. Over the course of the novel, Walter becomes involved in the war because of damage done to his farm.