The last known human encounter we can account for is the paddle of a 14-year-old boy. His body's never been recovered, but his paddle was wrapped up and secured with a life jacket. He may have felt solace out on the river, but it was hard to leave people. "You might as well be doing the thing that makes you feel your purest self"
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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