Fisherman tells how he paddled from New York to texas, and canoed the mississippi. He was also worried about what might happen further down his journey. Dick travelled with three weeks worth of rations. The fisherman is now in a hurry as he has to go pick up his son.
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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