Riverman An American Odyssey 1st Edition by Ben Mcgrath ISBN 0451494008 9780451494009

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ISBN 10: 0451494008
ISBN 13: 9780451494009 
Author: Ben Mcgrath

The 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.

For decades, Dick Conant paddled the rivers of America, covering the Mississippi, Yellowstone, Ohio, 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.

Riverman is a portrait of a man who was as troubled as he was charismatic, who struggled with mental illness and self-doubt, and was ultimately unable to fashion a stable life for himself; who traveled alone and yet thrived on connection and brought countless people together in his wake. It is also a portrait of an America we rarely see: a nation of unconventional characters, small river towns, and long-forgotten waterways.

Riverman An American Odyssey 1st Edition Table of contents:

Part I: Origins of the River

1. Prologue: The Call of the River

2. Childhood on the Banks

3. Traditions and Native Legends

4. Early Explorations and Colonial Encounters

Part II: Carving a Nation

5. Steamboats and the Age of Expansion

6. Industrial Beginnings: Factories on the Water

7. The River in War and Reconstruction

8. Bridges, Locks, and Dams: Engineering the Flow

Part III: Lives Defined by Water

9. Fishermen, Pilots, and the Working Class

10. River Towns: Communities on the Current

11. Environmental Awakening: Pollution and Protest

12. Cultural Currents: Music, Art, and the River’s Voice

Part IV: Modern Journeys

13. Conservation Movements and Restoration Efforts

14. Eco-Tourism, Recreation, and River Guides

15. Climate Change, Floods, and Resilience

16. The River in the 21st Century

Conclusion

17. Epilogue: The Next Bend

Appendices

• A. Chronology of River Milestones

• B. Glossary of River Terms

• C. Selected River Town Histories

References
Acknowledgments
Index

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