Riverman : an American odyssey / Ben McGrath.
For decades, Dick Conant paddled the rivers of America, covering the Mississippi, Yellowstone, Ohio, and Hudson, as well as innumerable smaller tributaries. These solo excursions were epic feats of planning, perseverance, and physical courage. At the same time, Conant collected people wherever he went, creating a vast network of friends and acquaintances who would forever remember this brilliant and charming man even after a single meeting. Ben McGrath, a staff writer at The New Yorker, was one of those people. In 2014 he met Conant by chance just north of New York City as Conant paddled down the Hudson, headed for Florida. McGrath wrote a widely read article about their encounter, and when Conant's canoe washed up a few months later, without any sign of his body, McGrath set out to find the people whose lives Conant had touched - to capture a remarkable life lived far outside the staid confines of modern existence.
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- ISBN: 9780593556610
- Physical Description: 393 pages (large print) : maps ; 24 cm
- Edition: Large print edition.
- Publisher: New York : Random House Large Print, [2022]
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Subject: | Conant, Dick. Canoes and canoeing > United States. Adventure and adventurers > United States > Biography. Canoeing accidents > United States. |
Genre: | Biography. Large type books. |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Southern Lehigh Public Library | LP 797.122092 McGR (Text)
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This item was purchased in loving memory of Doris Zaremba by Patricia Frele.
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30044100868548 | Adult Large Print Nonfiction | Available | - |
Trone Memorial Library (East Berlin) | LP 797.122 MCGRATH (Text) | 35740635847007 | Large Print Nonfiction | Available | - |