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:

I had a small role in an episode of Aquabats Super Show which airs on Hub TV.
Here is a link to their Web Site:
Aquabats Super Show

Recently I have finished a short for Red Coral Films:
Mundane Magery

A screening at Brewvies in Salt Lake City on Monday, November 5th.

It was screened at
An October Evening 2012
at the Masonic Temple in Salt Lake City.

My publisher Xlibris will feature
Singing in the Saddle,
The Life and Times of Yellowstone Chip

At the Tuscon Festival of Books
9- 10 March 2013

Singing in the Saddle, The Life and Times of Yellowstone Chip
has won a Golden Quill Award from the
League of Utah Writers.

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

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.

Currently at these bookstores:
Montana
Ranks Mercantile in Virginia City
Sax & Fryer (a fantastic book store that has been in business over 100 years)
in Livingston
Conley's Books in Livingston
The Yellowstone Historic Center in West Yellowstone
Grizzly and Wolf Discovery Center Gift Shop 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.

Mattie Culver's Homesources
were on display at the Yellowstone Historic Center
In West Yellowstone, Montana
during the summer of 2012

The items will be at another museum for 2013.
I will post the museum name soon.

Saturday, September 17, 2011 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.

Mattie, A Woman's Journey West will soon be coming out in an electronic version.
Ask my publisher when:
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.

These napkin rings belonged to Mattie,
her daugher Theda
and 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 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/talent/Nan_Weber/

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