The real dick cunnan's story is about friendship. He had this rare ability to draw people to him, to connect to garnher trust and admiration and affection. The thing that was consistent throughout he just always made friends. And it was the friends, i think, more than the beauty, that sustained him.
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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