Barnes & Noble to Host Book Signing for Apple Valley

VICTORVILLE, Calif. - Oct. 8, 2019 - PRLog -- Barnes & Noble to Host Book Signing for Apple Valley

Local author Michelle Lovato will be available to sign copies of book

From its earliest days, the entrepreneurs who created Apple Valley found treasure lying beneath its surface of sand. Just two years after gold was discovered in neighboring Holcomb Valley, the Homestead Act of 1862 ushered in a new population to Apple Valley. Max F. Ihmsen, publisher of the Los Angeles Examiner newspaper, moved to the area in 1915 and made his fortune in apple farming. News of his great success spread quickly, enticing a steady migration of Southern California residents to relocate to the nearby desert. The rich and famous, as well as the colorful and inspired, flocked to Apple Valley. Clark Gable, Carol Lombard, Gregory Peck, and Joe Louis all visited area guest ranches. Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Desi Arnaz, and Roy Rogers frequented celebrity rich parties at the Apple Valley Inn. In less than 100 years, Apple Valley earned itself a unique reputation in Hollywood history and became suburban America to many famous residents.

About the Author:

Michelle Lovato has lived and worked in the High Desert for 16 years, and her writing appears regularly in both regional and national magazines. In this volume, she showcases an outstanding collection of images drawn from the archives of Apple Valley's most dedicated historians and collectors in an effort to keep desert history alive in the minds and hearts of generations to come.

Join the author for a signing:

Where:  Barnes & Noble

14400 Bear Valley Road Suite 107

Victorville, CA 92392

When: Saturday, October 19^th, 2019 at 1:00 p.m.

Available at area bookstores, independent retailers, and online retailers, or through Arcadia Publishing at (888)-313-2665 or online.

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