Monthly Archives: November 2012

Mysterious murder on Maryland’s eastern shore linked to artist/author Sarah Landing

Mechanicsburg, PA – Sunbury Press has released author Margaret Meacham’s murder-mystery novel “The Survival of Sarah Landing” about an artist/author from Maryland’s eastern shore who experiences the deaths of her husband and a student close to her. About the book: Once upon a time, Sarah Landing, forty-year-old mother of three, was a successful picture book […]

Key “Lincoln” movie character Thaddeus Stevens buried in Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Lancaster, PA — Thaddeus Stevens, the abolitionist played by Tommy Lee Jones in the Steven Spielberg movie “Lincoln”, is buried in Lancaster, Pennsylvania at Shreiner’s Cemetery also known as Concord Cemetery at the corner of North Mulberry and West Chestnut Streets in the city. Stevens (1792-1868) was a key figure in convincing Abraham Lincoln to […]

Ghost story based in western Pennsylvania the latest young adult novel by Margaret Meacham

Mechanicsburg, PA – Sunbury Press has released author Margaret Meacham’s young adult novel “The Ghosts of Laurelford”  set in a creepy mansion in the hills of western Pennsylvania 100 years ago. About the book: The Ghosts of Laurelford takes place in the Laurel Mountains in western Pennsylvania in 1919. The main character, fifteen-year-old Lacey Gillespie, […]

WW2 hero Ed Dahlgren’s PTSD subject of latest book by daughter Susan Dahlgren Daigneault

Mechanicsburg, PA – Sunbury Press has released author Susan Dahlgren Daigneault’s post World War 2 biography of her famous father who was known as “Maine’s Sergeant York.”  Dahlgren was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor by President Harry Truman in recognition of his heroics during the war. His daughter relates the price paid by the […]

Lawrence Knorr elected to the board of the MidAtlantic Book Publishers Association (MBPA)

From MBPA: Election Results for 2013 Transitional Board of Directors For the first time ever, we had a surplus of candidates for open board positions, and the results are in! Your new 2013 Board of Directors includes: Bill Holland – Windmill Books Ltd. Lawrence Knorr – Sunbury Press, Inc. Erika Liodice – Dreamspire Press, LLC […]

Ancient ayurvedic recipes and techniques the subject of Linnea Jepson’s new cookbook

Mechanicsburg, PA – Sunbury Press has released Linnea Jepson’s cookbook “Linnea’s Kitchen: Yummy Ayurvedic Recipes and Life Lessons” featuring ancient recipes and techniques meant to improve nutrition and health. From Linnea: Please join my current cooking class to establish a new sense of awareness of the importance of whole food, its preparation and consumption. We […]

The Joes on “Chuck Rhodes Out and About” on ABC 27

Click this link to view the video Joe Farrell and Joe Farley, authors of the Keystone Tombstones series. http://www.abc27.com/story/20115276/two-joes-spotlight-the-famous-buried-in-pa About Keystone Tombstones Volume 2: Joe Farrell and Joe Farley explore the cemeteries (and pubs) of Pennsylvania in search of interesting graves and stories about the interred. “Where else can you find Phil “Chicken Man” Testa […]