ISBN: 9780451494009
Editorial: Knopf
Autor: McGrath, Ben
Año de edición: 2022
N° Paginas: 272
Tipo de pasta: Pasta dura
Descripción: “This quietly profound book belongs on the shelf next to Jon Krakauer’s Into the Wild.” —The New York TimesThe 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).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 moving portrait of a complex and fascinating 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.Review“A portrait of forgotten American byways and the eccentric characters who populate them, a cursory history of river travel in America and, not least, an effort to solve the riddle of Conant himself — not only his whereabouts but also his elusive and irresistible nature.… In an age when everything is relentlessly online and the real world is increasingly mediated through screens, Conant and his canoe represent something slower and quieter, closer to nature.”—Gregory Cowles, The New York Times“Superb...McGrath captures his subject with warmth and humor… A worthy addition to the literature of American restlessness, Riverman draws on what Mr. McGrath hails as the ‘river-trip canon,’ which includes Lewis and Clark and Huckleberry Finn…and… evokes comparisons with Jon Krakauer’s Into the Wild.”—Heller McAlpin, The Wall Street Journal“Fascinating…A diptych…rich with detail…A story that wends its way through the fluid state of American masculinity in our tumultuous times.”—Lorraine Berry, StarTribune"An intoxicating account of an American original named Richard Conant, an inveterate river wanderer whose travels throughout America revealed methodical planning, great endurance, a touch of foolhardiness and no small amount of physical courage for a man not in the best of health… A fascinating story with heart, grit and consummate flow."—Bill Thompson, The Post and Courier"Exquisitely written and deeply reported, Riverman is a gem of a book. It contains everything: adventure, mystery, travelogue, and unforgettable characters. Most of all, it illuminates the wonderful curiosities of life."—David Grann, bestselling author of Killers of the Flower Moon“Riverman is as miraculous and hopeful as its protagonist, the Zelig of America's waterways, Dick Conant. It’s a great book for people like me, who read Into the Wild but have shed our self-destructive wanderlust and settled into middle-age. This book will make you want to buy a canoe and spend less time on Instagram.”—Emma Straub, bestselling author of All Adults Here“This is a beautifully told and near-m
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