Big news: All the books in my Highways of the West series, as well as my Century Cities books, are now available as ebooks for Kindle! So is Martinsville Memories, which profiles a small town in southern Virginia with a fascinating history in tobacco, textiles, and furniture-making.

So when you’re out exploring, you can take my historical travel guides along with you in handy, electronic form for easy reference.

Whether you’re planning a trip along the The Lincoln Highway in California, America’s Loneliest Road (the Lincoln in Nevada), or the Victory Highway in Nevada and the West, you’ll have a handy companion for your phone or tablet. The same is true if you’re exploring Fresno, Carson City, Greensboro, or one of the seven other towns in my Century Cities books chronicling the 20th century.

Each of these books contains a wealth of historical and contemporary photos, so you’ll know the significance of the historical places you’re seeing. (If you’re traveling the Lincoln Highway, take along a second phone to map your course using the Lincoln Highway Association’s detailed online map.)

All my books are available on Amazon, and many are available in local museums and shops around Northern Nevada. If you’re in Reno, check out Sundance Books and the Wilbur D. May Museum. In Carson City, you’ll have a hard time not finding them. The Carson City Chamber of Commerce, Nevada Day Store, Nevada State Museum, Purple Avocado, and Brewery Arts Center all have copies heading into 2023.

In Sparks, your go-to place for five of my books is the Sparks Museum. In Eureka, it’s Raine’s Market. In Fallon, it’s the Churchill County Museum. And in Ely, it’s the Nevada Northern Railway Museum, This and That on Main Street, or the Art Bank. All are carrying America’s Loneliest Road.

And that’s not all. America’s Loneliest Road is available all across the Interstate 80 corridor from Wendover, Utah, at the Wendover Air Force Base Museum, to Battle Mountain at the Cookhouse Museum, the Humboldt County Museum in Winnemucca, and two museums in Elko: The Northeastern Nevada Museum and Sherman’s Station Visitor’s Center.

More to come

This year, I’m hoping to have my new book on U.S. 40, Victory Road, in many of those locations, as well.

My final book of 2022, released just before midnight on New Year’s Eve, takes you from the Bonneville Salt Flats through Nevada and across the Sierra on the old Victory Highway and Highway 40. Residents of places like Elko, Reno, Sparks, Winnemucca, and Battle Mountain will love this new journey.

What else is ahead in 2023? I wrote six books last year, and I don’t plan to slow down. I have books planned on two more highways (and possibly a third), more Century Cities, and a couple of surprises. You’ll also be able to catch me at several events. I’m hoping to get a spot at the Mark Twain Days in Carson City on April 22 and 23 (to showcase my new release Mark Twain’s Nevada), and planning to attend the Lincoln Highway Association’s national meeting in California this summer. You’ll find all my highway books available there.

Other hoped-for appearances include Jim Butler Days in Tonopah in May, and return appearances at Goldfield Days, Beatty Days, Dayton Valley Days, St. Mary’s Art Center in Virginia City, Gardnerville holiday craft fair, and the Sparks Museum’s holiday events. That’s just the beginning. I’ll be sharing those dates and others as they’re firmed up.

In all, 2023 is going to be a very busy and wonderful ride. Happy New Year, everyone. I look forward to sharing it, and my adventures, with all of you.

Stephen H. Provost is a former journalist, editor, and author of more than 40 books. Forty-five, actually. Big 5-0, here I come!