In the fall of 92, dick applied for the second time to medical school. The admission committee didn't see it that way and turned him down. Crushed, rejected, confronted with yet another failure,. he spiraled, started drinking, and that's when he got into u. But changed his life forever.
The Ohio, Hudson, Mississippi, and Yellowstone — Dick Conant canoed them all. And then he disappeared.
In his riveting new book, “Riverman,” journalist Ben McGrath tries to track down the man who may be the greatest American folk hero you’ve never heard of.
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