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Upcoming Presentations
2025
May 10, 2025
A presentation of Rattlesnake Colonel is scheduled for Saturday, May 10, at 10:30 AM at the York County History Center as a part of their Second Saturday Series. Additional information will be available on the YCHS website. You can register for this free event here.
July 8, 2025
Rattlesnake Colonel will be hosted by the Codorus Valley Area Historical Society on July 8, 2025 at 7:00 pm at 48 Baltimore Street, Spring Grove, Pennsylvania (located in Jefferson, Pennsylvania). Details will be posted on their facebook page when available.
September 23, 2025
A presentation of Across the River, Murder at Accomac is scheduled for Tuesday , September 23, 2025 at 1:00 PM at OLLI at Penn State York. Additional information and registration information will be available on the OLLI website.
2026
November 14, 2026
The Millersville Area Historical Society will be hosting a presentation of Rattlesnake Colonel on Saturday, November 14th, 2026 at 9:00 AM at the Millersville Borough Administration building, 100 Municipal Drive, MIllersville, Pa. More information will be posted on their website closer to the event.
Festivals and
Sales Events
2025
May 17, 2025
I will be at Marietta Day this year on Saturday, May 17th from 9AM to 3PM, selling and signing copies of both Rattlesnake Colonel and Across the River. My stand will be in the Artisan section at the S-Bend. Rain Date is Sunday, May 18th. See the Marietta Days facebook page for more information.
June 28, 2025
I'll have a booth at Oldtown Summerfest on Saturday, June 28, 2025. Come get your your signed copy of Rattlesnake Colonel in Cresap's own backyard! More details on the Oldtown Summerfest facebook page.
September 13/14, 2025 (tentative)
I will be participating in Heritage Days in Cumberland, Maryland on Saturday, September 13 and Sunday September 14, 2025. Come join in the weekend festivities and pick up a copies of my books! More information available on the event facebook page.
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Meet the Author
Michael Maloney is a native of York County, Pennsylvania, and currently resides with his wife and beagle in Red Lion. Now retired, he was the Director of Technical Services for Lifetime Brands (the former Pfaltzgraff Company) since 2005. Although he grew up in York, both his parents and many of his relatives are from Marietta and Mount Joy in Lancaster County. Consequently, he spent many summers along the Susquehanna River at his grandparent’s house, exploring the river shore and the surrounding hills. After learning of a gravesite behind the Accomac Inn, his curiosity led him to research the Accomac ferry crossing, the town of Marietta,and the murder of Emily Myers at the hand of John Coyle, Jr. on Decoration Day, 1881. His love of local history inspired him to write his first book, Across the River, Murder at Accomac, released in 2012 for the 200th anniversary of the establishment of the borough of Marietta. His second non-fiction book, Rattlesnake Colonel Thomas Cresap - An American Paradox, is a detailed biography of Thomas Cresap's contradictory and often controversial life on the frontier. Cresap's life experiences in Pennsylvania and Maryland are used to narrate the complicated political and military conflicts of eighteenth-century Colonial America in a comprehensive yet understandable way.
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