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PA Books features authors of books about Pennsylvania-related topics. These hour-long conversations allow authors to discuss both their subject matter and inspiration behind the books.

  1. 1D AGO

    "The Whiz Kids" with Dennis Snelling

    Before the 1950 World Series, the Philadelphia Phillies were infamous for a record-breaking lack of achievement that dated from their conception in 1883 through the 1940s. Nicknamed the "Whiz Kids" because they had so many players under thirty, the 1950 Phillies team caught lightning in a bottle for one season and became legendary in Philadelphia and beyond. Donate | Signup | pcntv.com

    50 min

  2. JAN 6

    "Theatres of the Body" with Lynn Matluck Brooks

    Theatres of the Body is a critical examination of danced stage productions in antebellum Philadelphia. At the time, the city boasted the largest number of native-born ballet dancers in the young nation and also became a creative home to blackface star T. D. Rice, who helped popularize that performance genre. Donate | Signup | pcntv.com

    58 min

  3. 12/10/2025

    "Fighting for Philadelphia" with Michael Harris

    Award-winning author Michael C. Harris's impressive Fighting for Philadelphia: Forts Mercer and Mifflin, the Battle of Whitemarsh, and the Road to Valley Forge, October 5-December 19, 1777 rescues these important actions from obscurity, puts them in context with the Saratoga Campaign, and closes his magnificent trilogy that began with the battle of Brandywine and left off with the slugfest at Germantown. Donate | Signup | pcntv.com

    57 min

  4. 11/12/2025

    "A Saddlebag Doctor of the Mahantongo Valley of Pennsylvania" with Lawrence Knorr

    The life and medical practice of Reuben Harris Muth, M.D., a rural saddlebag doctor, is reconstructed from an extant set of physician's daybooks, chronicling his professional activity from 1858 until 1898. Experience a rare glimpse of early medical history from an economic and cultural perspective. Donate | Signup | pcntv.com

    28 min

  5. 11/03/2025

    "Charles E. Hires and the Drink that Wowed a Nation" with Bill Double

    Introduced at the 1876 Centennial Exposition and powered by an historic advertising campaign, Hires Root Beer - launched 10 years before Coca-Cola - blazed the trail for development of the American soft drink industry. Its inventor, Charles Elmer Hires, has been described as "a tycoon with the soul of a chemist." Donate | Signup | pcntv.com

    25 min

  6. 10/22/2025

    "A History of Philadelphia Sandwiches" with Mike Madaio

    Philadelphia boasts some of the most delicious original sandwiches and passionate sandwich aficionados. From the classic cheesesteak to the delectable roast pork, the city's cultural and ethnic diversity has resulted in many of America's most established meals between bread. Donate | Signup | pcntv.com

    57 min

  7. 09/29/2025

    "City of Brotherly Blood" with Mike Stack

    Mike Stack was born to power and followed his father and grandfather into the ring of fire of Philadelphia politics. He was groomed for office, and was running in his early 20s. This is the story about all those Mike encountered in the often bloody, city of brotherly love. Donate | Signup | pcntv.com

    1 hr

  8. 09/24/2025

    "The Weather Gods Curse the Gettysburg Campaign" with Jeffrey Harding and Jon Nese

    As the nation's future hung in the balance, the Weather Gods delivered a wrath of fury on Union and Confederate forces throughout the Gettysburg Campaign. Authors Jeffrey J. Harding and Jon M. Nese present firsthand accounts, harrowing narratives and groundbreaking meteorological research that reshapes how we view the Civil War's Gettysburg Campaign. Donate | Signup | pcntv.com

    59 min
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PA Books features authors of books about Pennsylvania-related topics. These hour-long conversations allow authors to discuss both their subject matter and inspiration behind the books.

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  • Creator
    PCN - Pennsylvania Cable Network
  • Years Active
    2013 - 2026
  • Episodes
    335
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Copyright 2013-2023, PCN - Pennsylvania Cable Network
  • Show Website
    PA BOOKS on PCN

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