Talk of the Hill with Bill Press Featuring Pulitzer Prize-winning Author Rick Atkinson SOLD OUT!

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Veteran journalist Bill Press sits down for an in-depth conversation with historian Rick Atkinson about his new book THE FATE OF THE DAY: The War for America: Fort Ticonderoga to Charleston, 1777-1780

Atkinson played key roles in Ken Burns’ new documentary series, The American Revolution: An Intimate History,  serving as a principal advisor and on-camera interviewee. See video below.

It requires exceptional skill to bring new depth and breadth of knowledge to well-studied history—let alone
to do so in a vivid, sweeping narrative that captivates readers. Pulitzer Prize–winning historian and #1 New York Times bestselling author Rick Atkinson is among a select few who can claim such abilities, earning him the distinction of being one of our modern era’s preeminent historians. Now, coinciding with the 250th anniversary of the beginning of America’s war for independence, Crown Publishing has released THE FATE OF THE DAY: The War for America, Fort Ticonderoga to Charleston, 1777-1780, the second volume of the landmark Revolution Trilogy.

A winner of Pulitzer Prizes for history and journalism, Rick Atkinson has produced a remarkable oeuvre of bestselling history that includes the Liberation Trilogy (the first volume, An Army at Dawn: The War in North Africa, 1942–1943, received the Pulitzer in History), The Long Gray Line, Crusade, In the Company of Soldiers, and, most recently, The British Are Coming, the critically acclaimed first volume of his eagerly anticipated Revolution Trilogy. A multi-week New York Times bestseller, The British Are Coming won the George Washington Prize (awarded by Mount Vernon and its partners), the New-York Historical Society’s Barbara and David Zalaznick Book Prize, the Daughters of the American Revolution Excellence in American History Book Award, and the Fraunces Tavern Museum Book Award.

Bill Press began his career as a political insider and media commentator on KABC-TV and KCOP-TV, both in Los Angeles. Over the years, he has received numerous awards for his work, including four Emmys and a Golden Mike Award. He also served as aide to California Governor Jerry Brown and was Chair of the California Democratic Party from 1993 to 1996.

The former co-host of MSNBC’s Buchanan and Press, CNN’s Crossfire and The Spin Room, Press has built a national reputation on thought-provoking and humorous insights from the left side of the political aisle. Press is the author of ten books and is the host of the twice-weekly “The Bill Press Pod” – available on Google, Apple, Spotify, or Tune-In. He’s a member of the White House press corps. He also writes a weekly column for The Hill and a weekly syndicated newspaper column distributed by Tribune Media Services.

Books will be available for sale and a book signing will follow the conversation.

Day-of tickets, if available, will be sold for $15