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"George Washington in the French & Indian War" with Scott Patchan
PA BOOKS on PCN - April 08, 2024 23:49 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 64 ratingsGeorge Washington has frequently been criticized for his first military campaign, which sparked the French and Indian War. While his campaign failed to meet its objectives, Washington experienced his first taste of military command, dealing with situations that ultimately proved beyond his contr...
"The Game that Saved the NHL" with Ed Gruver
PA BOOKS on PCN - March 13, 2024 01:36 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 64 ratingsIn late 1975 and early 1976, at the height of the Cold War, two of the Soviet Union's long-dominant national hockey teams traveled to North America to play an eight-game series against the best teams in the National Hockey League. The culmination of the "Super Series" was reigning Soviet League ...
"Telling of the Anthracite" with Philip Mosley
PA BOOKS on PCN - March 05, 2024 23:11 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 64 ratings"Telling of the Anthracite" explores the various ways in which anthracite history has been represented and remembered since 1960, the chosen date for the start of the "posthistorical" era coinciding approximately with the Knox mine disaster (1959) and the beginning of the Centralia mine fire (19...
"That Our Daughters May Be as Cornerstones" with Chad Leinaweaver
PA BOOKS on PCN - February 20, 2024 20:11 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 64 ratingsIrving College was the first college to offer degrees in the arts and sciences to women and that two of its buildings still stand to this day. Named after famed author Washington Irving, this college for women was part of a nationwide trend in the nineteenth century to finally educate women, but...
"On a Great Battlefield" with Jennifer Murray
PA BOOKS on PCN - February 05, 2024 18:20 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 64 ratingsOf the more than seventy sites associated with the Civil War era that the National Park Service manages, none hold more national appeal and recognition than Gettysburg National Military Park. In "On a Great Battlefield," Jennifer M. Murray chronicles the administration of the National Park Servi...
"Emotional Brandywine" with Karl Kuerner & Bruce Mowday
PA BOOKS on PCN - December 14, 2023 15:40 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 64 ratingsThe September 11, 1777, battle of Brandywine, a defeat for General George Washington, is too often forgotten by historians. Brandywine was one of the most important engagements of the war, also the largest land battle. Lafayette began his rise to an American hero that afternoon when he shed his ...
"Youghiogheny: Appalachian River" with Tim Palmer
PA BOOKS on PCN - November 30, 2023 15:59 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 64 ratingsTurbulent 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 c...
"The Philadelphia Campaign, 1777" with Michael Harris
PA BOOKS on PCN - October 10, 2023 17:04 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 64 ratingsThe British Army in North America conducted two campaigns in 1777. John Burgoyne led one army south from Canada to seize control of the Lake Champlain-Hudson River corridor resulting in the battle of Saratoga. Rather than assist Burgoyne's campaign, William Howe led his army from New York City o...
"If We Are Striking for Pennsylvania" Volume 2 with Scott Mingus & Eric Wittenberg
PA BOOKS on PCN - October 04, 2023 15:41 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 64 ratingsThe first installment (June 3-22, 1863) carried the armies through the defining mounted clash at Battle of Brandy Station, after which Lee pushed his corps into the Shenandoah Valley and achieved the magnificent victory at Second Winchester on his way to the Potomac. Caught flat-footed, Maj. Gen...
"Prisoners of Congress" with Norman Donoghue
PA BOOKS on PCN - September 25, 2023 19:43 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 64 ratingsIn 1777, Congress labeled Quakers who would not take up arms in support of the War of Independence as "the most Dangerous Enemies America knows" and ordered Pennsylvania and Delaware to apprehend them. In response, Keystone State officials sent twenty men-seventeen of whom were Quakers-into exil...
"Digging in the City of Brotherly Love" (2nd Edition) with Rebecca Yamin
PA BOOKS on PCN - September 18, 2023 18:13 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 64 ratingsHistoric Philadelphia has long yielded archaeological treasures from its past. Excavations required by the National Historic Preservation Act have recovered pottery shards, pots, plates, coins, bones, and other artifacts relating to early life in the city. This updated edition of Digging in the ...
George Marshall's "Memoirs of My Services in the World War, 1917-1918" with Tom Bruscino
PA BOOKS on PCN - June 27, 2023 01:45 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 64 ratingsGeorge Marshall was one of America's most significant statesmen during the mid twentieth century. He was born and raised in Uniontown, PA and attended VMI before earning a commission in the U.S. Army in 1902. During World War II he led the Army as Chief of Staff and after the war served as Secre...
"George Nakashima Woodworkers Process Book" with Mira Nakashima
PA BOOKS on PCN - June 12, 2023 21:02 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 64 ratingsGeorge Nakashima began his furniture business as a reactionary movement against the practice of 20th century "modern" architecture, design, and art. With a solid background in architectural history and design, engineering and building practice, George turned towards a simpler life in which direc...
"The Whiskey Rebellion" with Brady Crytzer
PA BOOKS on PCN - June 05, 2023 21:02 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 64 ratingsIn March 1791 Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton shocked the western frontier when he proposed a domestic excise tax on whiskey to balance America's national debt. As the months passed however the people of Western Pennsylvania grew restless with the inadequacy of the government's response an...
"Are All Politics Nationalized?" with Stephen Medvic, Matthew Schousen, and Berwood Yost
PA BOOKS on PCN - May 22, 2023 20:26 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 64 ratingsGiven the news media's focus on national issues and debates, voters might be expected to make decisions about state and local candidates based on their views of the national parties and presidential candidates. The editors and contributors of this book examine the 2020 elections in six Pennsylva...
"Small-Town Cops in the Crosshairs" with Bruce Mowday
PA BOOKS on PCN - May 01, 2023 18:11 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 64 ratingsThe sniper killings of Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, policemen William Davis and Richard Posey shocked the American public in November 1972 and garnered national coverage on the major news networks at the time. Fifty years later, this book, the first to cover the slayings, details the cold-blood...
"American Ramble" with Neil King
PA BOOKS on PCN - April 24, 2023 15:31 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 64 ratingsA memoir about a 330-mile walk from Washington, D.C., to New York City - an unforgettable pilgrimage to the heart of America across some of our oldest common ground. Neil King Jr.'s desire to walk from Washington, D.C., to New York City began as a whim and soon became an obsession as he was dete...
"Donora Death Fog" with Andy McPhee
PA BOOKS on PCN - April 10, 2023 20:22 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 64 ratingsIn October 1948, a seemingly average fog descended on the tiny mill town of Donora, Pennsylvania. With a population of fewer than fifteen thousand, the town's main industry was steel and zinc mills—mills that continually emitted pollutants into the air. The six-day smog event left twenty-one peo...
"Surviving the Winters" with Steven Elliott
PA BOOKS on PCN - April 03, 2023 19:29 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 64 ratingsGeorge Washington and his Continental Army braving the frigid winter at Valley Forge form an iconic image in the popular history of the American Revolution. Exploring the inner workings of the Continental Army through the prism of its encampments, this book is the first to show how camp construc...
"Joe Louis vs. Billy Conn" with Ed Gruver
PA BOOKS on PCN - March 13, 2023 18:49 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 64 ratingsDuring the memorable summer of 1941, no sports story loomed larger than Joe Louis versus Billy Conn, the hard-hitting heavyweight champion, Detroit's "Brown Bomber," battling the stylish and cocky "Pittsburgh Kid." Considered one of the greatest matches in boxing history, the fight saw the under...
"A Most Gallant Resistance" with James McIntyre
PA BOOKS on PCN - March 06, 2023 21:19 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 64 ratingsThe Delaware River defenses played a crucial role for the Americans in Philadelphia during the American War of Independence in 1777. Maintaining the integrity of the river defenses involved an attritional campaign waged by an intrepid group of defenders which brought together the efforts of the ...
"Vigilance" with Andrew Diemer
PA BOOKS on PCN - February 27, 2023 23:00 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 64 ratingsThe remarkable and inspiring story of William Still, an unknown abolitionist who dedicated his life to managing a critical section of the Underground Railroad in Philadelphia. Learn the full range of Still's life and accomplishments. pcntv.com/donate pcntv.com/membership-signup pcntv.com
"Street Diplomacy" with Elliott Drago
PA BOOKS on PCN - February 21, 2023 18:13 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 64 ratingsAlthough Philadelphia's Black community lived in a free city in a free state, they faced constant threats to their personal safety and freedom. The political and physical conflicts that arose over fugitive slave removals and the kidnappings of free Black people forced Philadelphians to confront ...
"American Sirens" with Kevin Hazzard
PA BOOKS on PCN - February 07, 2023 00:10 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 64 ratingsUntil the 1970s, if you suffered a medical crisis, your chances of survival were minimal. But that all changed with Freedom House EMS in Pittsburgh, a group of Black men who became America's first paramedics. pcntv.com/donate pcntv.com/membership-signup pcntv.com
"Feeding Washington's Army" with Ricardo Herrera
PA BOOKS on PCN - January 30, 2023 18:14 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 64 ratingsIn this major new history of the Continental Army's Grand Forage of 1778, award-winning military historian Ricardo A. Herrera uncovers what daily life was like for soldiers during the darkest and coldest days of the American Revolution: the Valley Forge winter. Here, the army launched its larges...
"All Roads Led to Gettysburg" with Troy Harman
PA BOOKS on PCN - December 14, 2022 14:25 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 64 ratingsMost Civil War battles occurred along major roads, railroads, and waterways; the armies needed to move men and equipment, and they needed water for men and horses. And yet this perspective hasn't been fully explored when it comes to Gettysburg, until now. pcntv.com/donate pcntv.com/membersh...
“All Roads Led to Gettysburg” with Troy Harman
PA BOOKS on PCN - December 14, 2022 14:25 ★★★★★ - 64 ratingsMost Civil War battles occurred along major roads, railroads, and waterways; the armies needed to move men and equipment, and they needed water for men and horses. And yet this perspective hasn’t been fully explored when it comes to Gettysburg, until now. www.pcntv.com/donate www.pcntv.com/mem...
"If We Are Striking for Pennsylvania" with Scott Mingus & Eric Wittenberg
PA BOOKS on PCN - November 29, 2022 22:26 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 64 ratingsGen. Robert E. Lee began moving part of his Army of Northern Virginia from the Old Dominion toward Pennsylvania on June 3, 1863. Lee believed his army needed to win a major victory on Northern soil if the South was to have a chance at winning the war. Transferring the fighting out of war-torn Vi...
“If We Are Striking for Pennsylvania” with Scott Mingus & Eric Wittenberg
PA BOOKS on PCN - November 29, 2022 22:26 ★★★★★ - 64 ratingswww.pcntv.com/donate www.pcntv.com/membership-signup www.pcntv.com Gen. Robert E. Lee began moving part of his Army of Northern Virginia from the Old Dominion toward Pennsylvania on June 3, 1863. Lee believed his army needed to win a major victory on Northern soil if the South was to have a c...
“River Boots” with Robert Lynn Steiner
PA BOOKS on PCN - November 07, 2022 21:00 ★★★★★ - 64 ratingsRiver Boots is a career synopsis, a training manual, a history book and one conservation officer’s slightly twisted view of a quarter century in the business. It is a sometimes “belly laughing” look at a profession that can turn deadly serious in a second and can leave tears running down your fa...
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