Stephen Provost Book Party: Mark Twain's Nevada

Join us for a special book signing event with author Stephen Provost!

Come meet Stephen Provost as he presents his captivating book Mark Twain's Nevada, along with his delightful children's book The Adventures of Mark Twain in Nevada. Explore the wit, wonder, and wild stories of Twain's time in the Silver State, perfect for readers of all ages.

Books available for purchase and signing.

Family-friendly event — all are welcome!

About the Books:

Mark Twain's Nevada: Follow in the footsteps of the celebrated American storyteller in Nevada, visiting the places he lived, visited, worked, and wrote about. Read about his adventures traveling the Wild West, prospecting for gold, and digging up (or making up) stories for the Territorial Enterprise in Virginia City. Illustrated with numerous vintage and modern photos and illustrations, these are the remarkable stories that transformed Samuel Clemens into Mark Twain and a territory into a state.

The Adventure's of Mark Twain in Nevada: This book for young children introduces them to the life of America's most famous author with the story of how he came west. Kids can join him on his adventures as a lumberjack, prospector, journalist, and more. It's an exciting tale packed with illustrations that follows him on his journey to eventual success as an author with titles such as "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" and "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court." A section at the end of the book features full-color photographs of what Twain's world looks like today.

About the Author: Many authors will tell you it’s important to work from the proper environment. A cat is essential to the creative process, and the sound of the ocean can get the creative juices flowing. I can’t exactly hear the ocean from my balcony, but I can imagine it, and imagination is the next best thing to reality. Sometimes, it’s better. If you don’t believe me, ask my cat. He won’t answer you, but cats are independent that way.

But then, I digress. (How many times has an author used that particular phrase in transitioning from one tangent to the next?) So, there I was on California’s beautiful Central Coast, editing my own weekly newspaper, writing my own books and living my own life the way I’d always dreamed.

Well, I did dream I’d have a little more cash in my pocket, and the newspaper wasn’t exactly mine: I was the editor, but it belonged to the company that employed me. The books weren’t all mine, either: Some of them were issued by my publisher. But the point is I had a publisher.

That was at the beginning of 2018. Since then, staff cutbacks eliminated my position at the newspaper and forced a big change in my life. I moved away from California to another beautiful place, southern Virginia, and decided to devote myself to writing full time. I still produce books for my publisher, but I have my own imprint, too: Dragon Crown Books.

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