(Paperback)

When Dennis McIntosh takes a job as a roustabout he discovers what he really wants to be: a shearer. But it soon turns out this legendary occupation isn't everything it seems. The story of a boy crashing headlong into life - into work, drink, responsibilities he isn't ready for, which come closer to breaking his back than shearing ever did.

(Paperback)

Resuming his story where Beaten by a Blow left off, Dennis McIntosh gives an eye-opening account of seven years working underground, and how it impelled him to turn his life around.