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

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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.

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