My grandfather said he wanted to die on the Missouri River. And, in a way, he did. It is December, 1952. After chipping a hole in the ice with a spud bar and feeding the chain from his boat into the dark water, he walked away.
A River Back is a hero’s journey, of a man who found there was something missing in his life, who broke with the past and descended into regions of the unknown. In that underworld he was tried and tested. Running from himself brought clarity and the awareness that his river was the water of life.