Tag Archives: UP THE ROUGE! PADDLING DETROIT’S HIDDEN RIVER

UP THE ROUGE! and REI Paddlefest

Posted on May 12, 2011 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell I’ll be talking about the adventure of canoeing an urban river Saturday, May 14 at 11 a.m. in the REI store in Northville Township. The stream I’ll be discussing, of course, is the Rouge River in metro … Continue reading →

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Hardalee Press

Posted on September 27, 2009 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell People were wondering what I was doing all summer. Notes came in from readers chiding me for letting weeks go by without a post. Living in a place with no phone or Internet can make it hard … Continue reading →

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“Up the Rouge!” — the audio version

Posted on June 3, 2009 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell Almost there: The audio version of the Wayne State University Press book by Detroit Free Press photographer Patricia Beck and me will be for sale next week.  The audio book will be published by Hardalee Press of … Continue reading →

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uptherouge.com goes live

Posted on January 19, 2009 by admin

By Joel Thurtell With the debut of my first book less than three months away, I’ve started a new blog, uptherouge.com It’s a way to promote Up the Rouge! Paddling Detroit’s Hidden River, the book I co-authored with Detroit Free … Continue reading →

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Cover’s here: UP THE ROUGE!

Posted on August 21, 2008 by admin

By Joel Thurtell Here it is! Wayne State University Press has sent us images of the cover they’ve designed for the book I co-authored with Patricia Beck about our June 2005 canoe trip up the Rouge River through Metro Detroit. … Continue reading →

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Trash is trash if junk’s in the Rouge

Posted on August 19, 2008 by admin

By Joel Thurtell Knowing of my interest in the Rouge River, my friend John W. Smith told me about what he thought might be the remains of a 19th century mill lying in the Rouge not far from his home … Continue reading →

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