Ben's short piece about dick ran in the new yorker two weeks after their brief encounter. A few weeks later, ben got ane mail saying he had travelled a hundred and 50 miles to cross the chesapeak. Ben filed a story about a professional video game player. And that was that until november 20, ninth, when got a phone call.
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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