See Historian Rick Atkinson at Work in His Home Office

Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Rick Atkinson - author of trilogies on World War II and the American Revolution - gave a tour of his home office and talked about his research process. The second and most recent volume of his Revolution Trilogy is The Fate of the Day: The War for America, Fort Ticonderoga to Charleston, 1777-1780, which coincides with the nation's 2026 commemoration of its 250th anniversary. Watch more author programming every Sunday starting at 8 AM ET on C-SPAN 2. You can also see full events like this one on our website at booktv.org #history #americanhistory #books #author #cspanamerica250 #interview

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