I would like to thank you for visiting my web site!
My interests and art range from
acting to writing to theatrical sign language.
I am also in business
offering Historical Research, Digital Photo Restoration and Video Documentation.
Up coming projects and performance:
My next book event will be as an exhibitor at
The Tucson Festival of Books
March 10-11, 2012
I will be selling and signing both my biographies:
"Singing in the Saddle, The Life and Times of Yellowstone Chip"
and
"Mattie, A Woman's Journey West."
Singing in the Saddle, The Life and Times of Yellowstone Chip
tells the story of Yellowstone Chip Samuell, a farm boy classically
trained in music with the dream of becoming a true Western Cowboy.
Chip’s contributions as an entertainer and wrangler caught my imagination. After finding traces of
Yellowstone Chip’s writing at the historic OTO Dude Ranch north of Yellowstone National Park, I
tracked Chip’s history. In the course of my research, I found Chip’s memoirs, his music, his cartooning, and
his family. What has emerged from these home sources and civil records is the picture of a first-class wrangler
and entertainer during the heyday of dude ranches and singing cowboys.
Singing In The Saddle documents Chip’s travels from his Illinois childhood home to the majesty of the Western
United States. Within the book, tunes are introduced highlighting different portions of Chip’s musical
development. His lively journey encompasses music, cowboy life, and most of all, people. Backed with
nostalgic photographs and written works by Chip, this book tells the story of a true singing
cowboy.
A page of my web site is devoted to the music which accompanies the book.
Access it here by clicking on Chip's photo.
Singing in the Saddle,
The Life and Times of Yellowstone Chip
Contact me about my multimedia presentation on Yellowstone Chip
Lecture Touring Information
Length of lecture: one hour with discussion following lecture
Ask me about artist in residence option
Currently at these bookstores:
Montana
Ranks Mercantile in Virginia City
Sax & Fryer (a fantastic book store that has been in business over 100 years)
The Yellowstone Historic Center in West Yellowstone
Utah
The King's English Bookshop in Salt Lake City
Ask at the Barnes and Noble at Gateway
Sundancer Books in Springdale, Utah
Arizona
Bards Books in Phoenix
Guidon Books in Scottsdale
On line at:
Barnes and Noble
Amazon
Xlibris
Avalible on Kindle, Nook and as an Ebook from Xlibris
I love to shoot and edit video. I often put images together for Paul Boruff's music.
Here's one of Paul's original songs, from a concert I video taped, about his dog entitled
Max's Tune
Check out this video I shot in 1989, the 100th anniversary of Mattie S. Culver's death.
Mattie Culver Grave Site in Winter 1989.
Mattie, A Woman's Journey West
Mattie Shipley Culver is buried in Yellowstone National Park.
I have written this book about her life and how I discovered her history.
Saturday, September 17th Nan Weber hosted a Book Party for,
"Singing in the Saddle, The Life and Times of Yellowstone Chip," and
"Mattie, A Woman's Journey West."
Here is a video showing some of the fun of the evening
My first book trailer, and it is about Mattie, A Woman's Journey West.
If you want to see Mattie on an e-reader, please give my publisher a nudge.
He has control of e-publishing for this title.
http://www.homesteadpublishing.net/
Not unlike today, life for women in the nineteenth century served up hearty challenges on a daily basis, though the burdens of 100 plus years ago certainly were of a different flavor. Mattie: A Woman's Journey West offers a taste of that life through the story of Martha "Mattie" Shipley Culver, whose life passage took her from her childhood in industrial new England and work in the New York textile industry to her role as the wife of a winter caretaker in Yellowstone National Park, where she died and was buried in 1889, at the age of 32.
Mattie Culver's grave is located at the Nez Perce Picnic area
In Yellowstone National Park.
These napkin rings belonged to Mattie,
her daugher Theda
and most probably Mattie's mother.
Mattie Culver's daughter, Theda
pictured in the newspaper at her
high school graduation.
Contact me about my multimedia presentation on Mattie Culver
Lecture Touring Information
Length of lecture: one hour with discussion following lecture
Ask me about artist in residence option
Nan offers these first person performances:
“Lively Times with Elinore”
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