Nan Weber

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.


Yellowstone Chip Samuell

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

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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

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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.


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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/

Mattie Book Cover

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 Grave

Mattie Culver Napkin Rings

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.

                                                                        Theda Culver

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

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Nan offers these first person performances:
Lively Times with Elinore

       Elinore Pruitt Stewart's life embodies the spirit of the women homesteaders. Born in Oklahoma in 1876 and orphaned at age 17, Elinore was a writer her whole life.  After an early marriage and divorce she brought her young daughter Jerrine with her to Denver.  There she worked various menial jobs before she assumed the position of nurse and housekeeper for a woman who became her lifelong friend.  But her dream in life was to own her own land.  In 1909 that dream came true.  While working for Clyde Stewart in Burnt Fork, Wyoming she seized the opportunity and filed on her homestead.

From her heart and home in Burnt Fork, Wyoming Elinore Pruitt Stewart wrote of her homesteading experiences.  Not only did she fulfill her dream of homesteading, but she also furthered a career in writing, sharing her successes and her challenges with the literary world.

By combining Elinore's published works, interviews, letters and research, Nan Weber has created exciting theatre that chronicles Elinore Pruitt Stewart's homesteading experience.  Paul Boruff complements the first person story with his portrayal of Mr. Clyde Stewart.


Nan Weber with Paul Boruff in
"Lively Times with Elinore"

A Kilbourn Road Belle

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Nan Weber, Lena’s great granddaughter, has crafted an insightful script from day to day entries that on the surface may seem mundane.  In her performance she gives life to the great-grandmother she knows only through those entries.

The National Women’s History Project theme for 2004 Women's History Month is: "Inspiring Hope and Possibility."  My grandmother, Lena Honadel, has, through her writing, done exactly that for me.

Lena’s daily entries and jottings in the margins as she re-read her own words have shown me the care and love she held for her family–my family!  These writings express her hopes for her children’s futures.

I never could have discovered Lena’s own understanding of her life’s achievements without her words:  “Time has made me strong. Fear is no longer with me as it was in the past.”

Nan Weber is now booking theatre show dates.
Contact me for a complete promotional package.

Nan is also listed with:
Craze Talent Agency
9176 S. 300 W.
Suite #3
Sandy, UT 84070
801.438.0067
http://www.crazeagency.com/



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