The Great Farini

Shane Peacock
Biographer, Novelist, Playwright, Journalist, Screenwriter
Author of The Great Farini - The High-Wire Life of William Hunt

The Lives of Farini Hunt - Sky Walking (Part Two)

Here is how Shane describes the events before Farini’s first Niagara walk… “When he arrived and mounted the platform the people in the enclosure strained to see him. What would Signor Farini look like? They saw a young man, dark and handsome, almost Spanish in appearance. When they looked closely at his features many noticed the eyes first: the incongruity of their bright blue colour with the darkness sparks in his face. Farini had a shining mop of thick black hair slicked back on the sides, a moustache, and young whiskers that nearly touched at the chin. He was olive-skinned, oval-eyed and square-faced. The only blemish in his looks was a long, straight nose that turned up a little too much at the tip. Farini was noticeably bigger than Blondin, standing about five-feet-ten inches and weighing close to 170 pounds. Though he had just an average-sized frame, belied any thought that he was a man of average strength. Ladies were unaccustomed to seeing the outline of a man’s chest, so the ones nearest the platform looked closely at this well-developed specimen on display in the sun before them.”

NOTE: Mr. Peacock has written several books. His latest series is about "The Boy Sherlock Holmes" This is a wonderful look at the legendary Sherlock Holmes, in the beginning! To learn more about Shane and all of his works, please visit his website at www.shanepeacock.ca.

(To Be Continued)