Absolutely!
Absolutely! is the 197-page memoirs of Harry Briggs, Ph.D. as told to Letitia Sweitzer M.Ed., published April 2012.
Harry Briggs
Dr. Briggs, known as the The Paddlin' Professor and an Honour Swimmer in the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame, was the first to swim from Corsica to Sardinia in 1955 and was the first to complete a swim across Lake Erie from Sandusky, Ohio, USA to Point Pelee, Ontario, Canada in 1957 in 35 hours 55 minutes. A political science instructor known as The Paddlin’ Professor, he became the first person to swim 58 km (36 miles) across Lake Winnipesaukee in New Hampshire, USA. Dr. Briggs completed 43 marathon swims over the course of his career. At the age of 76, he swam 16 km (10 miles) across Lake Sunapee as a fundraiser and continues to do fundraising open water swims into his 90s.
