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PA Books, a weekly PCN program, features hour-long conversations with authors about Pennsylvania’s history and culture. For over 20 years, it has explored key events, notable figures, and significant topics.

Watch PA Books Sundays at 7 PM and weekdays at 8 AM on PCN or stream anytime with PCN Select. Listen on the go with the PA Books podcast, available on major platforms.

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Upcoming Episodes:

February 8: “Mud, Rocks, Blazes” with Heather Anderson  - Despite her success setting a self-supported Fastest Known Time record on the Pacific Crest Trail in 2013, Heather “Anish” Anderson still had such deep-seated insecurities that she became convinced her feat had been a fluke. So two years later she set out again, this time hiking through mud, rocks, and mountain blazes to crush her […]

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img1842443863047990266Rescuing the Republic, PA Books
img1842443863047990266King of the Gun Runners, PA Books
img1842443863047990266Three Roads to Gettysburg, PA Books
img1842443863047990266Unclaimed Valor, PA Books
img1842443863047990266Mud, Rocks, Blazes, PA Books
img1842443863047990266PA Books "The Whiz Kids"
img1842443863047990266Theatres of the Body, PA Books
img1842443863047990266Fighting for Philadelphia, PA Books
img1842443863047990266A Saddlebag Doctor of the Mahantongo Valley of PA, PA Books
img1842443863047990266Charles E. Hires and the Drink that Wowed a Nation, PA Books

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