Ten Million Steps on Route 6- A Book Signing and Discussion with Author Joe Hurley

LITCHFIELD, Conn. - July 23, 2013 - PRLog -- In 2004, retired Danbury News-Times reporter Joe Hurley embarked on a walk from Cape Cod to California along one of America’s longest and most historic highways.  Ten Million steps on Route 6 taught Hurley that nothing ever goes as planned, and sometimes the best way to move forward is to punt.  Yet Hurley, then nearing sixty, accompanied by Travis Lindhorst of Brooklyn, NY, a 28-year-old photographer he found through Craigslist, discovered that dogged determination goes a long way while trekking across mountains, plains and deserts.

Ten Million Steps on Route 6 is a sketch of the U.S. through the eyes of the current generation of the extraordinary ordinary people who built this nation; coal miners, farmers, banjo players, parents, country folk, and city folk.  It is also about ducks that walk on fish, scary cows, women in hard hats, a bike that floats, and the bravest little car in the world.  More importantly, it’s about places you can’t savor in the fast lane.  

Joe Hurley is a retired newspaper reporter who spent most of his career at The News-Times in Danbury, where, among other things, he wrote the consumer-humor column called Shallow Pockets.  He lives in New Milford with his wife Pat.  These days, Joe is pretty much a homebody, writing occasional stories for American Road Magazine.  His website is www.route6walk.com.

An ice tea and cookie reception will follow the event.  Books will be available for signing and purchase.  All Oliver Wolcott Library events are free and open to the public.  Space is limited.  Registration is required and can be done by calling 860-567-8030 or logging onto www.owlibrary.org and clicking on Programs/Adult Programs.