The missing boater was dick conet. Beardsley had since righted the canoe and transported it to a storage shed where he'd inventoried the contents. "It's jis just the sheer number of tooth brushes, which was 17"
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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