Rick Atkinson, featured in Ken Burns’ The American Revolution, to speak at the Tower Theatre
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BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Pulitzer Prize–winning author Rick Atkinson, featured in Ken Burns’ PBS documentary The American Revolution, is coming to Bend this spring. He’ll share insights from his work on the film and his acclaimed books about America’s fight for independence during a special event at The Tower Theatre.
Atkinson’s insights in the Ken Burns series stem from his extensive work chronicling America’s past. He is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of eight narrative histories covering five American wars, including The Long Gray Line; the Liberation Trilogy (An Army at Dawn, The Day of Battle, and The Guns at Last Light); and The British Are Coming, the first volume of his acclaimed Revolution Trilogy.
Timed to coincide with the 250th anniversary of the beginning of the revolution, Atkinson’s brilliant account of the lethal conflict between the Americans and the British offers not only deeply researched and spectacularly dramatic history, but a fresh perspective on the demands that a democracy makes on each of its citizens.
Before his work as a historian and author, Atkinson spent two decades at The Washington Post as a reporter, foreign correspondent, and senior editor. His final assignments included covering the 101st Airborne during the invasion of Iraq in 2003 and writing about roadside bombs in Iraq and Afghanistan in 2007. Born in Munich, Germany, the son of a U.S. Army officer, Atkinson grew up on military posts and holds a B.A. from East Carolina University and an M.A. in English literature from the University of Chicago.
An Evening with Rick Atkinson
Fate of the Day: The War for America, 1777–1780
Tickets will be available beginning February 3 through The Tower Theatre website. Prices: General Admission $30; DCHS/OHS Members $25; or GA Ticket plus DCHS Membership $45. Members will receive a discount code via email. An $8.00 per-ticket Tower Preservation Fee will be applied at checkout.
For more information, contact info@deschuteshistory.org or call 541-389-1813.
