{"product_id":"2020-pa-books-iconic-pittsburgh","title":"2020 PA Books: Iconic Pittsburgh","description":"The Steel City has boasted some of the most famous figures, landmarks and innovations in the country's history. Pittsburgh's past is littered with dozens of fascinating stories behind the icons that define it. Mary Schenley was the city's biggest benefactress of the nineteenth century, gifting the site of the 425-acre park in her name, but her fortune was almost lost when she eloped at the age of fifteen. The first ever call-in radio talk show began at famed KDKA in 1951, inspiring the birth of an entire industry. Mount Washington offers tourists sweeping views of the city today, but it once supplied coal to Pittsburghers and was the site of a sixteen-year underground mine fire. Author Paul King lists the best people, places and things of Pittsburgh's grand history.\n\n\n\nPaul King is a native of Pittsburgh, raised on Mount Washington with a grand view of the three rivers, Point State Park, the North Side and the downtown skyline. A graduate of Duquesne University, he has been a journalist for more than forty years.\n\n\n\nDescription courtesy of The History Press.\n\n\n\nPA Books airs Sunday nights at 7.\n\n\n\nWatch \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/pcntv.com\/pabooks\/\"\u003ePA Books\u003c\/a\u003e and more \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/pcntv.com\/pennsylvania-history-and-culture\/\"\u003ePA History and Culture\u003c\/a\u003e on \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/pcntv.com\/channels\"\u003ecable\u003c\/a\u003e and the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/pcntv.com\/membership-signup\"\u003ePCN Select Streaming Service\u003c\/a\u003e.","brand":"PCN","offers":[{"title":"DVD","offer_id":67976236400944,"sku":null,"price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Blu-Ray","offer_id":67976236433712,"sku":null,"price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/3922\/0272\/files\/65567c1f-SHOP-PCN-HISTORY-CULTURE-WEB-BUTTON-19.png?v=1791470984","url":"https:\/\/shop.pcntv.com\/products\/2020-pa-books-iconic-pittsburgh","provider":"PCN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}