PA Books
PA Books is a weekly program on PCN that features an hour-long conversation with authors of newly published books on topics unique to Pennsylvania. After more than 20 years on the air, the program continues to produce an extensive video collection of interviews with the experts on Pennsylvania's history and culture. PA Books has preserved key moments for Pennsylvania by focusing on significant events like the Battles of Gettysburg and the Industrial Revolution, examining the lives of Pennsylvania's most famous citizens like W.C. Fields and Andrew Mellon, and hosting notable guests like Pulitzer Prize-Winner Joseph Ellis and former Phillies' greats Bill White and Tug McGraw. Back when it premiered on PCN in 1996, PA Books was only available on PCN on cable. With PCN Select viewers can stream new and on demand episodes of PA Books at any time.
New episodes air Sundays at 7 PM. You can also catch your favorite episodes daily at 8 AM.
Upcoming Episodes:
November 26: “Youghiogheny: Appalachian River” with Tim Palmer - Turbulent rapids and wild shorelines of the Youghiogheny River highlight natural wonders of the Appalachian Mountains, and midway on the stream’s revealing path, Ohiopyle State Park is a showcase of beauty and has become a recreational hotspot where the river thunders over its iconic falls and cascades through the wooded gorges of Pennsylvania. With deep […]
1776, PA Books
Abolition & the Underground Railroad in Chester County, PA - PA Books
All Roads Led to Gettysburg, PA Books
"American Ramble", PA Books
“American Sirens” with Kevin Hazzard, PA Books
American Workman: The Life and Art of John Kane - PA Books
"Are All Politics Nationalized?" - PA Books
Arlen Specter: Scandals, Conspiracies, and Crisis in Focus, PA Books
Armistead and Hancock
Battle Tested! Gettysburg Leadership Lessons for 21st Century Leaders, PA Books
Beethoven in Beijing: Stories From the Philadelphia Orchestra's Historic Journey to China, PA Books
Biddle, Jackson, and a Nation in Turmoil: The Infamous Bank War - PA Books
Boxed out of the NBA: Remembering the Eastern Professional Basketball League, PA Books
Calder: The Conquest of Space: The Later Years, 1940-1976 - PA Books
Chiefs Now in This City: Indians and The Urban Frontier in Early America, The - PA Books
Clemente: The Passion and Grace of Baseball's Last Hero, PA Books
Death of the Daily News: How Citizen Gatekeepers Can Save Local Journalism, PA Books
Deviant Prison: Philadelphia's Eastern State Penitentiary and the Origins of America's Modern Penal System 1829-1913, The - PA Books
Digging in the City of Brotherly Love, 2nd Edition, PA Books 
Disastrous Floods and the Demise of Steel in Johnstown, PA Books
Dogs of War in Our Midst: Civil War Perspectives from York County, PA, The - PA Books
"Donora Death Fog," PA Books
Early History of the Wyoming Valley: The Yankee-Pennamite Wars and Timothy Pickering, An - PA Books
Feeding Washington’s Army, PA Books
Frederick Watts and the Founding of Penn State, PA Books
From Puerto Rico to Philadelphia, PA Books
Geography, Geology, and Genius: How Coal and Canals Ignited the American Industrial Revolution - PA Books
George Marshall's Memoirs of My Services in the World War, 1917-1918, PA Books
George Nakashima Woodworkers Process Book, PA Books
George Washington: The Political Rise of America's Founding Father - PA Books
Gettysburg's Lost Love Story: The Ill-Fated Romance of General John Reynolds and Kate Hewitt, PA Books
Harrisburg in World War II, PA Books
Hell with the Lid Off: Inside the Fierce Rivalry Between the 1970s Oakland Raiders and Pittsburgh Steelers - PA Books
History of Pittsburgh Jazz: Swinging in the Steel City, A - PA Books
Horse at Gettysburg: Prepared for the Day of Battle, The - PA Books
“If We Are Striking for Pennsylvania:” The Army of Northern Virginia and the Army of the Potomac March to Gettysburg - Volume 1: June 3–21, 1863 - PA Books
If We Are Striking for Pennsylvania, Volume 2, PA Books
Italian Legacy in Philadelphia: History, Culture, People, and Ideas; The - PA Books
Jane Jacobs's First City: Learning from Scranton, Pennsylvania - PA Books
"Joe Louis vs. Billy Conn," PA Books
Kaufmann's: The Family That Built Pittsburgh's Famed Department Store, PA Books
Lafayette at Brandywine: The Making of an American Hero, PA Books
Letters From a Farmer in Pennsylvania, PA Books Founders Series
The Lion of Round Top: The Life and Military Service of Brigadier General Strong Vincent in the American Civil War, PA Books
Martin Guitar Masterpieces: A Showcase of Artist's Editions Limited Editions and Custom Guitars, PA Books
"A Most Gallant Resistance", PA Books
Murder and Mayhem in Erie, Pennsylvania - PA Books
Never I Shall Forget These Human People, PA Books
The New Face of Small-Town America, PA Books
No Place for Glory: Major General Robert E. Rodes and the Confederate Defeat at Gettysburg, PA Books
Occupied America, PA Books
Out of the Woods: From Deerfield to the Grand Circuit, PA Books
Philadelphia's Germans, PA Books
Physician Soldier: The South Pacific Letters of Captain Fred Gabriel from the 39th Station Hospital, PA Books
Pirates and Privateers: From Long Island Sound to Delaware Bay, PA Books
Prisoners of Congress, PA Books
River Boots, PA Books
Sewn in Coal Country: An Oral History of the Ladies’ Garment Industry in Northeastern Pennsylvania, 1945–1995 - PA Books
Slavery and Abolition in Pennsylvania, PA Books
"Small-Town Cops In The Crosshairs", PA Books
Somebody Else’s Dream: Dakota, the Buoys, & "Timothy" - PA Books
Squirrel Hill: The Tree of Life Synagogue Shooting and the Soul of a Neighborhood, PA Books
Strangest Season: 2020-2021 Pittsburgh Scene, The - PA Books
"Street Diplomacy," PA Books
"Surviving The Winters", PA Books
Teen Idol On The Rocks, PA Books
The Life, Experience, and Gospel Labours of the Rt. Rev. Richard Allen - PA Books Founder's Series
"The Philadelphia Campaign", 1777, PA Books
The Whiskey Rebellion, PA Books
Time of Anarchy: Indigenous Power and the Crisis of Colonialism in Early America, PA Books
Translingual Inheritance: Language Diversity in Early National Philadelphia, PA Books
Unsung Hero of Gettysburg, PA Books
Up to Heaven and Down to Hell: Fracking, Freedom, and Community in an American Town - PA Books
"Vigilance," PA Books
Warhol, PA Books
Youghiogheny, PA Books
Jerry Blavat's "You Only Rock Once: My Life In Music," PA Books*Books featured in these episodes are not available from PCN*
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