Riverman: An American Odyssey

Riverman: An American Odyssey | Ben McGrath

so-so

2.5/5
On the fence... It's written well enough, but during my reading I kept wondering what was the purpose of this book, what was the objective of the author.
Also, I guess the subject matter didn't captivate me: a homeless man traveling around the US in a kayak... Yes, he's a colorful man doing something quite unusual and impressive, but reading about him for 250 pages?!

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Chelsea.Poole

Riverman: An American Odyssey | Ben McGrath

so-so

Drove across the road to the river for this photo! We are blessed to live in a river town, with gorgeous views of the Ohio River. That‘s mainly why this book appealed to me — a grand river expedition through America‘s waterways — do any of my local areas feature in the book? The “riverman” canoed (many miles!) alone and eventually disappeared during a journey.
I was reminded of The Stranger in the Woods but I didn‘t find this one as riveting.

TEArificbooks You might really love Life on the Mississippi by Rinker Buck. He makes a flatboat from the 1800s and goes down the Ohio River to the Mississippi all the way to New Orleans. 2y

Chelsea.Poole @mdm139 thanks so much for the rec! I think I read a review of this from @Megabooks and thought it might work for me! Thanks for the reminder 👍 2y

Chelsea.Poole Oops nearly forgot this was my #doublespin for September @TheAromaofBooks 2y

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 2y

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Hooked_on_books

Riverman: An American Odyssey | Ben McGrath

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I‘m 2014, McGrath met Dicky Conant, a man who was traveling by canoe from Canada to Florida and had previously done many other long distance paddles. A few months later, Conant‘s canoe was found capsized in NC. This book details his life to the point of his disappearance and is fascinating (though the book loses its way a bit in some of the chapters near the end). The writing is really lovely.

Suet624 I‘ve read so many articles about this man. I had no idea there was a book now. 2y

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