Forgot to say: paperback is out...
Current read — @mcgrathben's book about rivers and the men who run them. A perfect book for this time of year. I love river reading and travel memoirs. This one's a bit of both. Loving it so far. Thanks, Ben! @VintageAnchor
I enjoyed talking to Will Collins for the Buffalo Roamer podcast, here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…
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The Ohio, Hudson, Mississippi, Yellowstone—Dick Conant canoed them all. Then he disappeared.
On this episode of The Next Big Idea, @mcgrathben on his quest to track down the greatest folk hero you've never heard of.
Apple
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Spotify
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“I like what being a champion rib-breaker says about my life,” he writes. “Rib breaks and their pain are a reminder of my foolhardiness, perhaps, or my addiction to adventure, or my need for comeuppance for having led such a fortunate, happy life.”
“You’re going to die,” everyone warns Rinker Buck, before and during his 2,000-mile river journey on a wooden flatboat. His new book, “Life on the Mississippi,” recounts his experience. nyti.ms/3vQZ5rD
Looking forward to this tomorrow evening. Virtual, so feel free to log in and join from anywhere
TOMORROW!!!!
Tuesday, July 19 at 7pm ET - RIVERMAN: AN AMERICAN ODYSSEY with Ben McGrath and B.J. Hollars (VIRTUAL)
FREE VIRTUAL EVENT, learn more & REGISTER HERE: marktwainhouse.org/event/riv…
#books #authors #booktalk #adventure #america #outerbanks
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John Bennet, Enemy of the “Blah Blah Blah” newyorker.com/magazine/2022/… via @NewYorker
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"Riverman: An American Odyssey" is an incredible true story expertly told by New Yorker writer @mcgrathben. So good.#HighlyRecommended
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'Riverman: An American Odyssey' by @mcgrathben is the riveting story of Dick Conant, an American folk hero who, over the course of more than 20 years, solo-canoed thousands of miles of American rivers—and then in 2016 disappeared.
#BookOfTheDay: on.nypl.org/3OoFgz6
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NEXT MONTH!!!
Tuesday, July 19 at 7pm ET - RIVERMAN: AN AMERICAN ODYSSEY with author @mcgrathben and @BJHollars (VIRTUAL)
FREE VIRTUAL EVENT; Learn more & REGISTER HERE: marktwainhouse.org/event/riv…
#books #authors #booktalk #adventure #america #outerbanks
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Audiobooks for your summer drive @DavidSedaris @TinaBrownLM @NatalieMJenner @ianhawkinsvoice @mcgrathben @adam_verner @NikkiOMay @HarperAudio @littlebrown @recordedbooks @PRHAudio @MacmillanAudio washingtonpost.com/books/202…
I had the great pleasure/honor of fact-checking this story (among many others) of Roger Angell's, 22 years ago. Not about baseball, and not about a nonagenarian, but still one of the best: newyorker.com/magazine/2000/…
Boston/Cambridge alert: next Monday, the 23rd, I'll be @PorterSqBooks with @bhgreeley talking about RIVERMAN. 7 pm. portersquarebooks.com/event/…
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"Relief—there was no trace of a body—gave way to confusion." @mcgrathben on the beginnings of a mystery. lithub.com/a-mysterious-cano…
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What an incredible conversation at our #LiteraryCocktailHour last Friday between authors @mcgrathben and @weedlit on Ben's book #Riverman about #DickConant Watch the full video interview here youtu.be/oTS5xWbPItg -- or a video clip of Dick Conant himself.