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Richard Noel Hill

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Born

in Sault Ste. Marie, MI, The United States

Website

http://www.RichardHillbooks.com/

Genre

Memoir, Humor and Comedy, Fiction

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Member Since

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Born on Christmas Day in 1952, Rich Hill grew up in Sault Ste. Marie in Michigan's Eastern Upper Peninsula. He lives along the southeastern shores of Lake Superior with his wife and a cocker spaniel named Maxwell. In his free time, he works on his log house, jams with fellow musicians (drums), reads, shovels snow, and plays tennis. Over the years, Rich has worked at a variety of unusual jobs from apple picker, balloon salesman, house painter, and custom furniture finisher to deckhand on various Great Lakes freighters. Along with his wife, he has owned and managed various retail stores from a gift shop to an art gallery and ready-to-finish furniture store. He loves nothing better than telling a good story. Which is where his love for writin ...more

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Richard Noel Hill’s books

Average rating: 3.82 · 142 ratings · 21 reviews · 4 distinct works • Similar authors

	Lake Effect: A Deckhand's Journey on the Great Lakes Freighters 3.88 avg rating — 113 ratings — published 2008 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hitchhiking After Dark: Offbeat Stories from a Small Town 2.93 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2010 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lost in the Woods: Building a Life UP North 4.11 avg rating — 9 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	West of the River, North of the Bridge: Stories from Michigan's U.P. 4.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2020 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Richard Hill and 46 other people liked NILTON TEIXEIRA's review of The Nickel Boys: "This is a work of fiction inspired by the true story of the Dozier School for Boys in Marianna, Florida. The level of racism and violence is brutal. I really wanted to like this book, but unfortunately the lack of emotion ruined it for me. Regardless," Read more of this review »
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Richard Hill and 52 other people liked Darren's review of The Nickel Boys: "Maybe a 3.5 This really reminded me of "The Reformatory" by Tananarive Due. Both follow young black boys who are sent to a reformatory, illegally as they'd committed no crimes, where they are faced with unbelievable racism, sadistic wardens, and viole" Read more of this review »
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Richard Hill and 54 other people liked Malia's review of The Nickel Boys: "I really wanted to love this, but somehow, it sort of fell flat for me. Whitehead has a beautiful style of writing, but the story felt a little all over the place and Ellwood wasn't as strong a character as I initially thought. There were a lot of ch" Read more of this review »
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Richard Hill and 64 other people liked Julie Ehlers's review of The Nickel Boys: "The Nickel Boys was my first Colson Whitehead, and it may not have been the best one to start with. This novel is about a very important topic, a moment in history that deserves to be brought to light, but to me it felt like Whitehead was burdened by" Read more of this review »
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Richard Hill wants to read The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder by David Grann (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“It does no harm just once in a while to acknowledge that the whole country isn't in flames, that there are people in the country besides politicians, entertainers, and criminals.”
― Charles Kuralt

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“Thanks to the Interstate Highway System, it is now possible to travel across the country from coast to coast without seeing anything.”
― Charles Kuralt

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“When his life was ruined, his family killed, his farm destroyed, Job knelt down on the ground and yelled up to the heavens, "Why god? Why me?" and the thundering voice of God answered, There's just something about you that pisses me off.”
― Stephen King, Storm of the Century

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