"Even though we had to abandon ship, dick was hooked. Because out there on the wat he experienced the tranquillity, the pride and satisfaction," she says. "He didn't succeed n in the sense of reaching his destination, but he succeeded in sort of flipping the switch on his own experience of life."
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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