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Stealing Wyeth     
By Bruce Mowday  
October 28, 2 p.m.  (Bradford movie theater)
 
In 1982, 15 paintings by Andrew and Jamie Wyeth were stolen from the Wyeth estate 
in nearby Chadds Ford. Shannondell neighbor and former journalist Bruce Mowday’s 
true crime book, Stealing Wyeth, tells the fascinating story of this art heist gone wrong. 
Follow along as Bruce himself tells the story of how local criminals, a master cat burglar, 
gamblers and murderers plot the theft, and learn how law enforcement secured the 
artwork and brought the criminals to justice.

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