Riverman: An American Odyssey

by Ben Mcgrath

Talk about paddling your own canoe. Dick Conant spent 20 years on the water before meeting Ben Mcgrath in 2014. Mcgrath wrote a

New Yorker article about Conant, a character as unforgettable as they come, who was canoeing from Plattsburg, New York (the Canadian border), to Florida (a destination he’d never reach). His canoe washed up in the Outer Banks of North Carolina, writing the end to a story published just months earlier. Mcgrath revisits Conant’s story to provide a wider look at his life—and now, legacy. (On sale April 5, 2022) —CF