Prosperity, Pennsylvania

Afghan war vet Mike Davenport just wants to run his coffee shop in Pittsburgh when he's approached by folks from his forlorn, rust-belt hometown of Pulver Forge to run for mayor. He's shocked at what he sees—everyone has given up. And this is a town that forged the steel that built the tanks and battleships that won WW2! What happened?

Mike decides to run on the most audacious platform ever—everyone who wants a job can have one. The town will heal the sick and feed the hungry. He only asks one thing, and it's not money. Everyone needs to believe the town can do it. They need to shift from “It's hopeless” to “Yes, we can.” He changes the name of the town from “Pulver Forge” to “Prosperity.” Almost overnight, townspeople are growing their own food, picking up trash, and throwing a weekly party for themselves.

It feels like a miracle…but there are powerful forces who liked the town the way it was and who are willing to do whatever it takes to destroy Mike and his friends. This is a tale beyond today's stale right-left, red-blue politics. This is what happens when dreaming meets doing.

R. Lee Procter is a writer and storyteller who works in the location-based entertainment industry. In 2018, the Themed Entertainment Association bestowed the title "Master of the Craft" on him for his work on more than a hundred projects, including The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum in Springfield, Illinois. His books with Black Rose Writing are: Sugarball, about Negro League Baseball, Claude Monet Designs Yankee Stadium - A Love Story, a funny and poignant romantic romp, and Sanity Clause, a droll update on Dickens' A Christmas Carol. With Prosperity, Pennsylvania, he's reaching for something more --a book that makes readers understand just how powerful they are to create the world they want. He lives in California and for fun collects classic movies, especially silent films.