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S2026 "Rebels at Sea" with author Eric Jay Dolin
The heroic story of the founding of the U.S. Navy during the Revolution has been told many times, yet largely missing from maritime histories of America's first war is the ragtag fleet of private…
S2026 "Winning the Ten Crucial Days" with author David Price
The "Ten Crucial Days" winter campaign of 1776-77 is one of the most storied in the annals of military history. David Price examines this pivotal moment in the American War of Independence through an…
S2026 "Philadelphia Merchants on Western Waters" with author Kim Gruenwald
Why did the Midwest become part of the United States instead of remaining under English, Spanish, or Native control? In Philadelphia Merchants on Western Waters, historian Kim M. Gruenwald reveals…
S2026 "Rescuing the Republic" with author Andrew Browning
The first examination of how James Madison and the Annapolis Convention defied all odds and expectations to begin the near-impossible process of restructuring the federal government and worked to…
S2026 "King of the Gun Runners" with author Jim Miller
Hear the untold story of a forgotten American, John Hart, whose adventures helped pave the way for the United States' emergence as an international power. For nearly three years, Hart became the most…
S2026 "Three Roads to Gettysburg" with author Tim McGrath
With a colorful supporting cast second to none, Three Roads to Gettysburg tells the story of Robert E. Lee, George Gordon Meade, and Abraham Lincoln, the monumental Battle of Gettysburg, and the…
S2026 "Unclaimed Valor" with Terrence Beltz
In August 1862, Pennsylvania quickly responded to President Lincoln's request for more troops. These devoted groups of mostly central Pennsylvanians, were to become the soldiers of the 130th Regiment…
S2026 "Mud, Rocks, Blazes" with author 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…
S2026 "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"…
S2026 "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…
S2025 "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…
S2025 "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…
S2025 "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…
S2025 "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…
S2025 "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…
S2025 "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…
S2025 "No Longer Subjects of the British King" with Shawn McGhee
When news reached Parliament of the Boston radicals' destruction of the Royal East India Company's tea, it passed the Coercive Acts, a collection of punitive measures designed to rein in that…
S2025 "The Year that Made America" with Tom McMillian
The untold story of how America's declaration of independence hinged on seven critical months in 1776 and the courageous votes that changed the world forever. This gripping account reveals the…
S2025 "Threshold to Valley Forge" with Sheilah Vance
From December 12-19, 1777, Washington's Army encamped in the towering hills of Gulph Mills, Pennsylvania, fifteen miles from Philadelphia. Known as the Threshold to Valley Forge, the Gulph Mills…
S2025 "A Killer at the Door" with Bruce Mowday
In summer 2023, Chester County, Pennsylvania, was shaken by the daring escape of convicted murderer Danilo Cavalcante. Cavalcante scaled a prison wall, sparking a gripping two-week manhunt. He…
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