Two books, Lafayette and Cavalcante, dominate Mowday’s April speaking schedule
Gettysburg Mystries book set for release on April 15
April 8, 2025
April presentations by author Bruce E. Mowday
highlight Lafayette’s Bicentennial celebration
and crab-walking murder Danilo Cavalcante
April 15 marks release of Gettysburg Mysteries and More: Unexplained Personal Paranormal Phenomena
WEST CHESTER _ Regent Press of Berkeley, California, is releasing author Bruce E. Mowday’s new book Gettysburg Mysteries and More: Unexplained Personal Paranormal Phenomena on April 15.
“The book recounts my personal experiences researching my history books,” Mowday said. “I included incidents related to me by those I trust. This is a different type of book. As one reviewer wrote, ‘A look at the paranormal from a dispassionate point of view was needed. Bruce’s book fills a much-needed void.’ For me, this was a different type of book to write.”
Book presentations in April will concentrate on his books on Lafayette, an American hero, and crab-walking murderer Danilo Cavalcante. Cavalcante’s escape from Chester County Prison cost residents an estimated $20 million. The Cavalcante book is A Killer at the Door.
Mowday began the month with talks in Louisville, Kentucky, and Jeffersonville, Indiana. “The trip was connected with the American Friends of Lafayette Bicentennial celebration. For 13 months in 1824 and 1825, Lafayette was America’s guest. He greatly contributed to the winning of America’s freedom.”
Mowday wrote three books on Lafayette and the September 11, 1777, battle of Brandywine, where Lafayette was wounded. The books are Lafayette at Brandywine: The Making of an American Hero, Lafayette: America’s Young Hero and Guest, and September 11, 1777: Washington’s Defeat at Brandywine Dooms Philadelphia.
All of Mowday’s more than 25 books can be viewed on his website, www.mowday.com. Signed books can be obtained by email Mowday at mowday@mowday.com.
On April 17 at 7:00 p.m. Mowday will be speaking on Lafayette at the Salisbury Historical Society. On April 30 at 5:30 p.m. Mowday will be at Historic Rock Ford presenting on Lafayette.
Mowday is the featured speaker at the Chadds Ford Historical Society’s annual dinner on April 23 at 6:00 p.m. He will speak on Cavalcante. The next evening, April 24, Mowday will speak on the Cavalcante escape at the Avon Grove Library at 6:30 p.m.
Paradocx Vineyards, Landenberg, features a Mowday book signing on Cavalcante on April 26 from 4:00 p.m. until 6:00 p.m. Cavalcante is the subject of Mowday’s presentation at Radley Run Country Club on April 29.
Mowday is scheduled to be a guest on the Santana True Crime pod cast. He is being interviewed for the show on April 28.
The Chester County History Center is hosting a Mowday zoom broadcast on Chester County author and poet Bayard Taylor of Kennett Square. An article by Taylor was included in Mowday’s book on the battle of Brandywine.
New in 2025!
A Killer at the Door: The Dramatic Prison Break and Manhunt for Convicted Murderer Danilo Cavalcante
Schiffer Publishing releases Bruce E. Mowday’s new book on the escape of crab-walking murderer Danilo Cavalcante from Chester County Prison. A Killer at the Door details the two-week search for Cavalcante and his capture and the terror experienced by community members. The story was followed internationally. Contact Bruce at mowday@mowday.com for signed copies!