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Video for my conversation with Brue Ash - KVOI Radio

Posted Nov 30, 2017 at Audio and Video

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John Harmon McElroy interview on _Benjamin Franklin and the Quaker Murders_ with Bruce Ash - KVOI radio - October 1st, 2017 - full interview coming soon

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Posted Oct 1, 2017 at Audio and Video

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Interview with Charles Heller - Constitution Day 2017 - KVOI radio - excerpts

EDIT v 2 John McElroy on Libertywatch Sept 17 2017 Continue reading

Posted Oct 1, 2017 at Audio and Video

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My August 28th talk was fun!

About 50 people came to hear my lecture "Benjamin Franklin: Creating History." I enjoyed giving the talk and chatting with audience members and signing their books afterwards. Continue reading

Posted Aug 31, 2017 at Events & Fans

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Red-white-blue blooded

This book was truly a "can't stop reading it" tale.... mixed in with just the right amount of history. I'm looking forward to the next two tales. [...] As a "kinda good reader"and a gung-ho, red-white-blue blooded American I really enjoyed reading it. — Jake, West Richland, WA Continue reading

Posted Aug 31, 2017 at Praise for Benjamin Franklin and the Quaker Murders

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John Harmon McElroy reading the prelude to Benjamin Franklin and the Quaker Murders with video

Posted Aug 22, 2017 at Audio and Video

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Professor McElroy reads from Benjamin Franklin and the Quaker Murders - Prelude

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Posted Aug 20, 2017 at Audio and Video

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My readers say they can't put the book down!

It was a great pleasure writing Benjamin Franklin and the Quaker Murders, and it's so much fun seeing the novel through my readers' eyes. I've been getting lots of comments from readers telling me they couldn’t put it down, things like: “It’s a riveting mystery that’s impossible to put down... Continue reading

Posted Aug 17, 2017 at Praise for Benjamin Franklin and the Quaker Murders

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I'll be doing a talk and book signing August 28th 2017!

Posted Aug 17, 2017 at Events & Fans

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What do other readers make of Dr. Franklin's "justice"?

One of the reviewers wrote in her review "I'll be curious to read what other reviewers make of Dr. Franklin's 'justice.'" So, what do you make of Dr. Franklin's justice? Continue reading

Posted Aug 4, 2017 at Spoiler's Tavern

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Spoiler's Tavern: You've already read Benjamin Franklin and the Quaker Murders & this is the place for you

Benjamin Franklin and the Quaker Murders Multi-faceted, intriguing... You've already read the novel. Parts of it still resurface in your mind... as you're washing dishes... doing your morning workout ... driving home from work... It triggers thoughts, questions, certainties, doubts, pronouncements... Spoiler's Tavern is a place for you. A place... Continue reading

Posted Aug 4, 2017 at Spoiler's Tavern

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John Harmon McElroy Interviewed by Bill Buckmaster...

John Harmon McElroy Interviewed by Bill Buckmaster short version of 7/12/17 below, only McElroy Excerpts (6:33 minutes) John Harmon McElroy - Benjamin Franklin & the Quaker Murders - Interview excerpts John Harmon McElroy & Michael James, Publisher, Penmore Press Interviewed by Bill Buckmaster 7/12/17 - Excerpts (15:28 Minutes) McElroy &... Continue reading

Posted Jul 26, 2017 at Audio and Video

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Audio and Video

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Posted Jul 26, 2017 at Audio and Video

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Well written tale with engaging characters

I rarely select historical fiction or mysteries for my own reading, but I’m glad circumstances put me together with this book. It was such a pleasure to read this fictional account of Ben Franklin as the behind-the-scenes orchestrator of a murder investigation. Perhaps I was especially drawn to the book... Continue reading

Posted Jul 24, 2017 at Praise for Benjamin Franklin and the Quaker Murders

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The Battle of Princeton

In Benjamin Franklin and the Quaker Murders Captain James Jamison sometimes talks or thinks about the action he saw when he served under General George Washington in the Continental Army. One battle he recalls is the Battle of Princeton, January 3rd, 1777. Here we see a portion of a painting... Continue reading

Posted Jul 24, 2017 at People & Places from Benjamin Franklin and the Quaker Murders

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Fourth of July booksigning!

On the Fourth of July I held a book signing of my just-released novel Benjamin Franklin and the Quaker Murders, assisted by my wonderful wife, author Onyria Herrera McElroy. This was part of the annual Fourth of July patriotic film fundraiser for the Tucson Pops. The document seen in the... Continue reading

Posted Jul 21, 2017 at Events & Fans

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Benjamin Franklin as a detective – delightfully believable

Generally speaking, my genre of choice is historical fiction, but there have been a few historical mystery writers, who have captured my attention, and John Harmon McElroy is one of them. He has created a delightful detective in Benjamin Franklin and has delivered it in a believable method by partnering... Continue reading

Posted Jul 21, 2017 at Praise for Benjamin Franklin and the Quaker Murders

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Review of Benjamin Franklin and the Quaker Murders on bookpleasures.com

Mystery writer Karen Dahood has just published her review of Benjamin Franklin and the Quaker Murders on bookpleasures.com ! [Excerpt:] After a distinguished career writing academic tomes, the Professor Emeritus of American Literature at The University of Arizona has turned out his riveting and instructive first novel in the Benjamin... Continue reading

Posted Jul 21, 2017 at Praise for Benjamin Franklin and the Quaker Murders

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I read Benjamin Franklin and the Quaker Murders in two sittings...

I read Benjamin Franklin and the Quaker Murders in two sittings. It is a deliciously lively romp through the Philadelphia of Benjamin Franklin's later years, where he and Captain James Jamison investigate two mysterious deaths in the home of Jacob Maul, a devout Quaker whose life is demolished through a... Continue reading

Posted Jul 21, 2017 at Praise for Benjamin Franklin and the Quaker Murders

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Praise for Benjamin Franklin and the Quaker...

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Posted Jul 21, 2017 at Praise for Benjamin Franklin and the Quaker Murders

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People & Places in Benjamin Franklin and the...

People & Places in Benjamin Franklin and the Quaker Murders Continue reading

Posted Jul 21, 2017 at People & Places from Benjamin Franklin and the Quaker Murders

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First International Review for Benjamin Franklin and the Quaker Murders

I just got my first international review of Benjamin Franklin and the Quaker Murders, and it's a 5-star review! An Amazon.com customer in Brazil says he couldn't put the book down and appreciates having a window into this exciting time in US history. Here's his review: I loved Professor McElroy’s... Continue reading

Posted Jul 21, 2017 at Praise for Benjamin Franklin and the Quaker Murders

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The Founding of German Town

German Town is an important location in Benjamin Franklin and the Quaker Murders. You could almost say that the town itself is a "character" in the novel. One of my fans, David Updegraff, reached out to me recently to tell the fascinating story of his ancestors' founding of German Town.... Continue reading

Posted Jul 21, 2017 at People & Places from Benjamin Franklin and the Quaker Murders

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The beginnings of German Town

An important location in Benjamin Franklin and the Quaker Murders is the settlement of German Town, which was founded 102 years before the action in the novel. The story of the founding of this town became very real to me when one of my fans, David Updegraff, told me the... Continue reading

Posted Jul 21, 2017 at People & Places from the novel

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Fan's ancestors founded German Town

In Benjamin Franklin and the Quaker Murders, Captain James Jamison hunts for the clues Franklin needs to save Quaker stonecutter Jacob Maul from hanging. One of the places Jamison travels to on horseback is German Town, in an area where almost no one speaks English. One of my local fans,... Continue reading

Posted Jul 21, 2017 at Events & Fans

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