Nothing Great is Easy
- ISBN-10
- 0732910331
- ISBN-13
- 9780732910334
- Category
- Long distance swimming
- Pages
- 311
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2000
- Authors
- Ian Heads, Des Renford
Description
Updated edition of a 1992 autobiography of a well-known marathon swimmer. Author tells of his introduction to distance swimming and his determination to swim the English Channel - a feat he achieved 19 times. Includes eulogies and tributes given at his requiem Mass on 6 January 2000, following his death from heart failure. Includes photographs. Co-author Heads' other publications include '200 Years of Australian Sport' and 'True Blue'.
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