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Riverman: An American Odyssey

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Capturing the small-town America rarely seen, this fascinating account follows a man who paddled the nation’s waterways for over twenty years, crossing paths with people from all walks of life before mysteriously disappearing.

“This quietly profound book belongs on the shelf next to Jon Krakauer’s Into the Wild.” —The New York Times

The riveting true story of Dick Conant, an American folk hero who, over the course of more than twenty years, canoed solo thousands of miles of American rivers—and then disappeared near the Outer Banks of North Carolina. This book “contains everything: adventure, mystery, travelogue, and unforgettable characters” (David Grann, best-selling author of Killers of the Flower Moon).

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