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Chester County author Bruce E. Mowday’s first work of fiction

           DOWNINGTOWN _ Chester County publisher Squire Cheyney Books releases today First Date Homicides, a murder mystery based on facts relating to the Christian genocide and terrorism that is taking place across the globe.

The book is more fact than fiction. The central crimes in Chester County and the Philadelphia area and the characters are fictitious, even though some of the characters have traits of real people. The information about the terrorism and the Christian genocide are real and background crimes used in the book did take place.

“My other books are non-fiction and this book began as one,” author Bruce E. Mowday said. “To try to develop a balanced view of world events, I read many different internet news sites from across the world. I noticed that many acts of terrorism and genocide were taking place in the Middle East, Africa, Europe and Asia that were never reported in the United States. I took notes and read government reports and realized the story had to be told.”

First Date Homicides is available in selected book stores throughout the region, including Chester County Book Outlet, Mechanicsburg Mystery Bookshop and Kathy’s Corner Shop in North East, Maryland. A wider distribution will take place in the coming weeks, according to Squire Cheyney Books.

The cost of the book is $19.95 and signed copies can be obtained from the author by contacting Mowday at mowday@mowday.com.

“Sadly, the subject of the book remains on the front pages of today’s newspapers,” Mowday said. “During the Easter holidays Christians were targeted and killed in Egypt, France and other countries. One of the readers of an advanced copy said the book is ‘very scary since it’s based on fact .. and really gripping.’ Another reader said the book kept them up at night.”

Mowday will give a talk and sign books on May 5 from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. at the West Chester Book Outlet, 967 Paoli Pike, West Chester, 967 Paoli Pike in the Goshen Shopping Center, home to the former Chester County Book Company. A talk on First Date Homicides is scheduled for May 16 before the National Association For Retired Employees in Coatesville at 11:30 a.m. Mowday is also giving a presentation on the book at the Mechanicsburg Mystery Book Shop, 6 Clouser Road, Mechanicsburg, at 7:00 p.m. on June 28.

Mowday will also have copies of the book available for his upcoming talks and signings, including Wednesday’s talk on Jim Herr and Life With Flavor at Shannondell at Valley Forge at 7:30 p.m. On Sunday Mowday will be signing books for the Coatesville Parents Music Club at the East Fallowfield Community Park from noon to 4:00 p.m.

May events include a talk on Gettysburg with artist Karl Kuerner at the Brandywine Valley Civil War Round Table in West Chester at 7:00 p.m. and the First Friday in West Chester event at the Chester County Historical Society from 6:00 pm. until 8:00 p.m. Mowday will also be signing books at the Cathy Miller Cancer Fund event at the Concord Country Club at 7:00 p.m.

Information on all of Mowday’s books and speaking engagements can be found on his website, www.mowday.com.

Mowday is an award-winning author and newspaper reporter. He has authored more than 15 books on history, sports, business and true crime. Mowday has appeared on the Discovery ID channel, C-SPAN, the Pennsylvania Cable Network and Philadelphia and local television shows. He is a contributing editor with Business 2 Business magazine. Mowday has hosted his own radio shows and was chairman of the Chester County Historical Society and president of the Brandywine Battlefield Park Associates. He is a board member of the Valley Forge Park Alliance and the Chester County Conference and Visitors Bureau. He is a frequent speaker at various civic and historical groups.

DOWNINGTOWN _ Chester County author Bruce Mowday will speak on his Jailing The Johnston Gang book on Wednesday at a meeting of the Chester County Association for the Blind.

“I’m always glad when a great service organization asks me to give a talk,” Mowday said. “The Johnston gang members were Chester County’s most notorious criminals of all time. I covered their trials as a reporter for the Daily Local News.”

Mowday’s talk at the Honeybrook Golf Club will be on “America’s River Begins in Honey Brook” and is based on Mowday’s Along The Brandywine River book. “You could tell what was happening in America’s early history by the development along the Brandywine,” Mowday said. “Honey Brook is an excellent venue for the talk.”

Next month Mowday will give a presentation at the Honey Brook Women’s Club on March 8. He will be in Reading the next day at a Sons of the American Revolution meeting. He will be talking about his book September 11, 1777: Washington’s Defeat at Brandywine Dooms Philadelphia.

Mowday will return to the Honeybrook Golf Club on March 12 at 1:30 p.m. to talk about his book on Richie Ashburn. “Richie is one of the greatest Phillies of all time and we’ll be less than three weeks away from opening day of Major League Baseball when I give the talk,” Mowday said.

Mowday concludes March with a talk on the Brandywine River on March 19 at the East Brandywine Township building at 3:30 p.m. and a Johnston Gang talk at the Caln Historical Society at 2:00 p.m. on March 26.

DOWNINGTOWN _ A new West Chester book released by Arcadia Publishing by father and daughter Bruce and Melissa Mowday is being featured this month on WCHE radio and a number of book talks and signings.

Bruce Mowday and Ray Doyle, one of the photographers contributing to the West Chester book, will take part in the Living History show on WCHE – 1520 AM on Wednesday, November 16 at 1:00 p.m.

The West Chester Rotary on November 10 will hear a presentation by Bruce Mowday on the book and Bruce and Melissa will have the book available at a number of community events, including Thursday’s merchants’ faire at Tel Hai in Honey Brook from 10:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. On Saturday Bruce will be signing books at the Hankin Library, Chester Springs, from 9:30 a.m. until 2:00 p.m.

Signed copies of Images of Modern America: West Chester are available from Bruce Mowday by contacting him at mowday@mowday.com. The cost of the book is $22.95. All of Bruce’s books can be seen at www.mowday.com.

Bruce’s other book signings include November 12 at noon at the Sanderson Museum, Chadds Ford; and Kathy’s Corner Store, North East, Md., from 1:00 p.m. until 4:00 p.m.

He will give two talks on his book on the Battle of Brandywine, September 11, 1777: Washington’s Defeat at Brandywine Dooms Philadelphia, this month. On November 10 at 10:00 a.m. he will be at the Paoli Hospital Auxiliary event at Hershey’s Mill and on November 15 he will be at the West Caln Historical Society at 7:00 p.m.

Bruce will also be the keynote speaker at the Lower Providence Township fundraiser on November 12 at 9:00 a.m. and will talk about his book on Pickett’s Charge: The Untold Story at the Birdsboro Rotary Club on December 1 at 6:30 p.m. He will give another talk on Pickett’s Charge on December 15 in King of Prussia before a group of retired GE employees.

Citadel Federal Credit Union is hosting two talks, one with author Karol Collins at the Thorndale branch on Friday, November 25, from 10:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. and the other at the Downingtown branch on December 16 from 11:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m.

Bruce’s December schedule includes signings at the Downingtown Library on December 3 from 9:00 a.m. until noon and at Historic Sugartown on December 10 from 11:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m.

Chester County Commissioner Chairman Terence Farrell will join Bruce on WCHE’s Living History show on December 7 at 1 p.m. to talk about Pearl Harbor.

He has three Christmas book signings at Barnes & Noble, Exton, and one at Books A Million in Exton Square. On November 26 he will be at BAM from 1:00 p.m. until 3:00 p.m. The Barnes & Noble signings are December 17 from 11:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m., December 23 from 10:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. and December 24 from 10:00 a.m. until noon.

Bruce E. Mowday is an award winning author and newspaper reporter. He has authored more than 16 books on history, sports, business and true crime. Mowday has appeared on the Discovery ID channel, C-SPAN, the Pennsylvania Cable Network and Philadelphia and local television shows. He is a contributing editor with Business 2 Business magazine. Mowday has hosted his own radio shows and was chairman of the Chester County Historical Society and president of the Brandywine Battlefield Park Associates. He is a board member of the Valley Forge Park Alliance and the Chester County Conference and Visitors Bureau. He is a frequent speaker at various civic and historical groups. For more information on Mowday, his books and his schedule of events, see www.mowday.com.

WEST CHESTER _ The Chester County Historical Society is hosting the debut of Arcadia Publishing’s new book on West Chester on Friday, October 7, beginning at 6:00 p.m.

The book is part of Arcadia’s Images of Modern America series and was written by the father and daughter team of Melissa and Bruce Mowday. Photographs were supplied by photographers Ray Doyle of West Chester and Katrina Garthe of Pottstown and from the County of Chester and the West Chester Business Improvement District.

Doyle, Garthe and representatives of the county and Business Improvement District are expected to attend the book signing at the historical Society, 225 North High Street, West Chester. Books, costing $22.99, will be available for sale.

“The book captures the vibrancy of West Chester,” Bruce Mowday said. “Melissa and I had a great time putting together the selection of photographs and researching the text for the book.” Bruce is an author and former managing editor of the Daily Local News of West Chester and Melissa is an adjunct teacher at St. Joseph and Widener universities.

Also available at the signing will be two other West Chester books authored by Bruce Mowday. One is an Arcadia pictorial history of the borough through postcards. The other is Six Walking Tours of West Chester published by Schiffer Publishing.

Bruce and Melissa Mowday will also sign books at Barnes & Noble, Exton on October 15 from 11:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m.

On Sunday Bruce Mowday will be at Galer Estate Winery from 3:00 p.m. until 5:00 p.m. with author Matty Dalrymple and they will be talking about researching information for books. On October 5, Bruce will be at the Wilmington Civil War Round Table Association at 6:30 p.m. talking about his book Pickett’s Charge: The Untold Story.

Bruce Mowday’s other appearances in October include a talk on his book on Jim Herr, Life with Flavor, at Simpson Meadows, Downingtown, at noon on October 17; being part of a panel discussion at the Celebrate The Book week at the Bosler Memorial Library, Carlisle, on October 18 and then signing books at the library on October 22 from 10:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m.

Bruce will also give a talk on his book Along The Brandywine River on October 25 at 7:00 p.m. at the Hockessin Library. He will also take part in an event for the Cathy Miller Cancer Fund at Swarthmore College at 6:00 p.m. on October 27.

Bruce Mowday is an award winning author and newspaper reporter. He has authored more than 16 books on history, sports, business and true crime. Mowday was appeared on the Discovery ID channel, C-SPAN, the Pennsylvania Cable Network and Philadelphia and local television shows. He is a contributing editor with Business 2 Business magazine. Mowday has hosted his own radio shows and was chairman of the Chester County Historical Society and president of the Brandywine Battlefield Park Associates.  He is a frequent speaker at various civic and historic groups. For more information on Mowday, his books and his schedule of events, see www.mowday.com.

CHADDS FORD _ Pennsylvania Cable Network’s series Pennsylvania Battlefield has scheduled a segment on the Battle of Brandywine for Sunday, August 28, 2016 at 6:00 p.m.

The Battle of Brandywine was fought on September 11, 1777, and was the main engagement of the Philadelphia campaign during the American Revolution. The loss at Brandywine allowed the British to occupy Philadelphia and caused the Continental Congress to vacate the city.

Battlefield Pennsylvania Host Brady Crytzer, a lecturer of history at Robert Morris University, interviewed authors Michael Harris and Bruce Mowday about Brandywine. The show was taped at Brandywine River Museum earlier this month.

“I’m glad Brady and PCN selected Brandywine as a subject for its series,” Mowday said. Brandywine played a major role in the American Revolution. A number of famous Americans took part in the engagement and it was Lafayette’s first battle in the American Revolution and he was wounded.

Mowday authored the first in-depth book on the battle, September 11, 1777: Washington’s Defeat at Brandywine Dooms Philadelphia. The book took six years to research and write and included a trip to London to review British government and army records. Mowday writes about history, business, sports and true crime. For all of his books, see www.mowday.com.

Mowday is an award winning author and newspaper reporter. Mowday has appeared on the Discovery ID channel, C-SPAN, the Pennsylvania Cable Network and Philadelphia and local television shows. He is a contributing editor with Business 2 Business magazine. Mowday has hosted his own radio shows and was chairman of the Chester County Historical Society and president of the Brandywine Battlefield Park Associates. He is a board member of the Valley Forge Park Alliance and the Chester County Conference and Visitors Bureau. He is a frequent speaker at various civic and historical groups.
PCN’s Battlefield Pennsylvania takes a look at the military men and the battles they engaged in, as well as the challenges of diplomacy, warfare and frontier living that are so evident in Pennsylvania history.

COLUMBIA, PA. _ The Columbia Historic Preservation Society has selected Chester County author Bruce Mowday to begin its 2016 lecture series.

Mowday will give a talk on his book September 11, 1777: Washington’s Defeat at Brandywine Dooms Philadelphia. The lecture will begin at 2:00 p.m. at Banner Hall, 21 North Second Street, Columbia.

“I’m honored that Chris Vera, director of the society, asked me to be the first speaker for the 2016 series,” Mowday said. “The American Revolution battle of Brandywine was important in our nation’s history in so many ways. I’m looking forward to sharing information on George Washington, Lafayette and others that took part in the battle.”

The lecture series continues each Saturday through September 24. For a list of speakers, see https://columbiahistory.net/1324-2/.

Mowday is an award winning author and newspaper reporter. He has authored more than 16 books on history, sports, business and true crime. Mowday has appeared on the Discovery ID channel, C-SPAN, the Pennsylvania Cable Network and Philadelphia and local television shows. He is a contributing editor with Business 2 Business magazine. Mowday has hosted his own radio shows and was chairman of the Chester County Historical Society and president of the Brandywine Battlefield Park Associates. He is a board member of the Valley Forge Park Alliance and the Chester County Conference and Visitors Bureau. He is a frequent speaker at various civic and historical groups. For more information on Mowday, his books and his schedule of events, see www.mowday.com.

VALLEY FORGE _ Bruce E. Mowday was elected to the Board of Directors of the Valley Forge Park Alliance during last week’s board meeting.

Mowday, who resides in Downingtown, is an author, President of The Mowday Group, Inc. and a member of the board of the Chester County Conference and Visitors Bureau. He is past chair of the Chester County Historical Society and Brandywine Battlefield Park Associates.

“I was honored to be asked to join the board,” Mowday said. “Valley Forge is such a wonderful place and so important to our nation’s history. I’m looking forward to helping in any way I can.”

The Valley Forge Park Alliance works to advocate for Valley Forge National Historical Park, to enhance the visitor experience and to promote public appreciation of the Park’s historic, environmental and recreational resources.

Mowday is an award winning author and newspaper reporter. He has authored more than 16 books on history, sports, business and true crime. Mowday has appeared on the Discovery ID channel, C-SPAN, the Pennsylvania Cable Network and Philadelphia and local television shows. He is a contributing editor with Business 2 Business magazine. Mowday has hosted his own radio shows. He is a frequent speaker at various civic and historical groups. For more information on Mowday, his books and his schedule of events, see www.mowday.com.

DOWNINGTOWN _ Chester County author Bruce Mowday will speak on his book Pickett’s Charge: The Untold Story at the Chesapeake Beach Stars and Stripes Festival’s Honoring Our Fallen Heroes during Memorial Day weekend.

“The town’s Memorial Day festival is focusing on the Civil War this year,” Mowday said. “I was honored to be asked to give a presentation and sign books during the celebration.”

Mowday has written two books on the Civil War, including Pickett’s Charge and one on Fort Delaware. He is speaking on the Fort Delaware book tomorrow at a middle school in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.

The town of Chesapeake Beach, Maryland, is holding its 5th annual Memorial Day Festival. The festival’s mission is to “strive to educate our youth and our community on the true meaning of Memorial Day.” The event begins on Saturday, May28 at 10:00 a.m. with an Opening Ceremony at Chesapeake Beach Veterans’ Memorial Park.

Sunday, May 29 is All American Family Fun Day. Besides Mowday’s talk, Civil War era music and dancing will be offered and a performance of the third act of Our American Cousin will be done. The play was being performed when President Abraham Lincoln was shot at Ford’s theater in April 1865.

Pickett’s Charge: The Untold Story describes the Union defense of the famous Confederate charge during the third day of the Battle of Gettysburg in July 1863. “The other books on the subject mostly focused on the Southern charge and not the Northern troops that saved the nation that day,” Mowday said.

Mowday is an award winning author and newspaper reporter. He has authored more than 16 books on history, sports, business and true crime. Mowday has appeared on the Discovery ID channel, C-SPAN, the Pennsylvania Cable Network and Philadelphia and local television shows. He is a contributing editor with Business 2 Business magazine. Mowday has hosted his own radio shows and was chairman of the Chester County Historical Society and president of the Brandywine Battlefield Park Associates. He is a board member of the Chester County Conference and Visitors Bureau. He is a frequent speaker at various civic and historical groups. For more information on Mowday, his books and his schedule of events, or to schedule a talk, see www.mowday.com.

Also this month, Mowday will be signing books at the Chester County Historical Society in West Chester from 8:00 a.m. until noon on Saturday, May 7. He will be giving a talk on his book Jailing The Johnston Gang: Bringing Serial Murderers To Justice on May 12 at 2:00 p.m. at Ware Presbyterian Village, Oxford.

DOWNINGTOWN _ Bruce Mowday, author of two books on the Civil War, has been invited to take part in three upcoming events in Gettysburg in the coming months, including Sunday when the organization takes part in a salute to volunteers.

“Association President Barb Mowery called this week and I was thrilled to be asked to take part,” Mowday said. “Besides the event for volunteers I’ll be signings at the group’s annual Civil War Collectors’ show in June and the three-day re-enactment in July.”

Mowday’s latest book is Pickett’s Charge: The Untold Story and his first book was Unlikely Allies: Fort Delaware’s Prison Community in the Civil War. A third book on the Civil War, J. Howard Wert’s Gettysburg, is scheduled for release by Schiffer Books in the coming months.

Mowday is also scheduled to talk and sign books at the Civil War event during Memorial Day weekend at Chesapeake Beach, Maryland.

Mowday is an award winning author and newspaper reporter. He has authored more than 16 books on history, sports, business and true crime. Mowday was appeared on the Discovery ID channel, C-SPAN, the Pennsylvania Cable Network and Philadelphia and local television shows. He is a contributing editor with Business 2 Business magazine. Mowday has hosted his own radio shows and was chairman of the Chester County Historical Society and president of the Brandywine Battlefield Park Associates.  He is a frequent speaker at various civic and historic groups. For more information on Mowday, his books and his schedule of events, see www.mowday.com.

Mowday has a number of other talks and presentations on his books in March and April. Organizations can contact Mowday at mowday@mowday.com to schedule a talk. His schedule includes:

March 6	Gettysburg Battlefield Preservation Association signing from 1:00 until 4:00 p.m.
March 9	Radio show guest host on Living History on WCHE at 1:00 p.m.
March 12	Public Relations talk for Historic Preservation Network at Brandywine River Museum.
March 15	Richie Ashburn talk at Brandywine Shrine Club, Thorndale, at 6:00 p.m.
March 17	Johnston Gang talk at Historical Society of Salisbury Township
March 21	Johnston Gang talk at Tel Hai at 1:00 p.m.
March 26	Book signing at Levante Brewing Co., West Chester from noon until 2 p.m.
March 31	Talk on courthouse reporting for Chester County Bar Association at Desmond Hotel.
April 9	Book signing at Sanderson Museum from noon until 4 p.m.
April 10	Fort Delaware talk at Hockessin Library at 3:00 p.m.
April 14	Balls, Bats & More talk for Brandywine Hospital volunteers.
April 24	Book signing at Galer Estate Winery, Kennett Square, from 3:00 p.m. until 5:00 p.m.
April 29	Speaker at Thornbury Township Seniors Lunch.

DOWNINGTOWN _ Chester County author Bruce Mowday’s first talk of 2016 will take place at Washington Memorial Chapel, Valley Forge, on the Battle of Brandywine.

The talk is part of the Friends of Valley Forge National Historical Park and Washington Memorial Heritage’s speaker series. The talk, open to the public at no charge, will take place at 7:00 p.m. at the chapel on Route 23, Valley Forge.

Mowday will give a talk on his book September 11, 1777: Washington’s Defeat at Brandywine Dooms Philadelphia. The book took more than five years to research, including a trip to London to review records in the British Public Records Office and the British Army Museum. He also wrote on Brandywine and Germantown for Reporting The Revolutionary War: Before It Was History It Was News.

Mowday is an author of more than 16 books on history, sports, business and true crime. He recently was featured on the Discovery ID channel and Mowday has appeared on C-SPAN, the Pennsylvania Cable Network and Philadelphia and local television shows. For more information on his books and his schedule of events, see www.mowday.com.  To schedule a talk, contact Mowday at mowday@mowday.com.

Mowday was five other appearances in January, including a talk on Jim Herr and Life With Flavor at the Chadds Ford Women’s Business Association and Picket’s Charge: The Untold Story at Jenner’s Pond, West Grove. In February, Mowday has three appearances, including a talk on his Jailing The Johnston Gang book in Eagle.

His signing schedule:

January 5	Battle of Brandywine talk at Friends of Valley Forge at 7:00 p.m.
January 11	Jim Herr talk at Chadds Ford Women’s Business Association at 9:30 a.m.
January 24	Book signing at Ten Gallon Winery, Chadds Ford, from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
January 26	Moderator of talk on Civil Rights in the 1960s at Hankin Library from 6:30 p.m. until 8:00 p.m.
January 27	Radio show guest host on Living History at WCHE at 1:00 p.m.
January 28	Pickett’s Charge talk at Jenner’s Pond at 10:00 a.m.
February 2	Johnston book talk at Lions Club, Eagle Tavern at 6:30 p.m.
February 4	Pickett’s Charge talk at Simpson Meadows, Downingtown, at 11:00 a.m.
February 29	Book talk at Tel Hai at 1:00 p.m.