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'Riverman' chronicles the life of American river nomad Dick Conant

NPR

Published May 29, 2023 at 9:40 AM EDT

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We revisit host Robin Young’s conversation with New Yorker writer Ben McGrath about his book “Riverman: An American Odyssey” from last May. The book explores the life of Dick Conant who continually canoed rivers across America before mysteriously disappearing in 2014.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.