Shearer
Author: Neridah McMullin
ISBN: 9781761601675
Publisher: Walker Books Australia
Year first published: 05 Mar 2025
Pages: 32
Format: Paperback / softback
The true story about the greatest shearer in the world ... whose incredible shearing record remains unbeaten after more than a century!
Jack Howe had hands the size of tennis racquets, legs like tree trunks and wrists made of steel. Despite his size, he was light on his feet and did an excellent Irish Jig. But what Jack was really good at, was shearing sheep." A rollicking Australian story, set in 1892, about the charismatic, Jack Howe - the greatest shearer in the world who set the world record for shearing sheep by hand. He also invented the "singlet"!
ISBN: 9781761601675
Publisher: Walker Books Australia
Year first published: 05 Mar 2025
Pages: 32
Format: Paperback / softback
The true story about the greatest shearer in the world ... whose incredible shearing record remains unbeaten after more than a century!
Jack Howe had hands the size of tennis racquets, legs like tree trunks and wrists made of steel. Despite his size, he was light on his feet and did an excellent Irish Jig. But what Jack was really good at, was shearing sheep." A rollicking Australian story, set in 1892, about the charismatic, Jack Howe - the greatest shearer in the world who set the world record for shearing sheep by hand. He also invented the "singlet"!
