Beno: Dick always seemed enthusiastic when he was getting out on the water, but this time that enthusiasm was laced with unease. He had some s from his doctors warning him that he was sort of at risk of catastrophic diabedes. I think he knew that a hard attack was never that far away," Beno says. "I don't really believe that, e, that he was suicidal, but i do think he had a sense that that his time may be drawing near"
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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