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Ken Burns: One Nation Many Stories – Mug

Inspired by our nation’s original motto of E pluribus unum – “out of many, one” – this phrase is often used by Ken Burns to describe his vision and singular approach to the creation of the defining historical documentaries of all time. It’s a phrase that describes Ken’s films as they seek to answer to the question, “What makes us Americans?”

This exclusive mug – available only to PBS supporters – features the phrase “One Nation, Many Stories” as part of a simple, elegant design comprised of stars shining from coast to coast – a sparkling symbol of enduring American values – an anthem to the nation and its people. It exists to remind PBS donors that “out of many” we are one.

12 oz. ceramic mug
Dishwasher and microwave safe.

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Ken Burns: One Nation Many Stories – Our America: A Photographic History by Ken Burns (Hardcover Book)

Ken Burns has been making documentaries about American history for more than four decades, using images to vividly re-create our struggles and successes as a nation and a people. As much as anyone alive today, he understands the soul of our country.

In Our America, Burns has assembled the images that, for him, best embody nearly two hundred years of the American experiment, taken by some of our most reknowned photographers and by others who worked in obscurity. We see America’s vast natural beauty as well as its dynamic cities and communities. There are striking images of war and civil conflict, and of communities drawing together across lines of race and class. Our greatest leaders appear alongside regular folks living their everyday lives. The photos talk to one another across boundaries and decades and, taken together, they capture the impossibly rich and diverse perspectives and places that comprise the American experience.

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Ken Burns: One Nation, Many Stories – Combo

Ken Burns: One Nation, Many Stories Mug

The American Buffalo: A Film by Ken Burns (2-DVD Set)

Ken Burns: Benjamin Franklin (2-DVD Set)

Muhammad Ali: A Film by Ken Burns, Sarah Burns & David McMahon (4-DVD Set)

Ken Burns: The U.S. and the Holocaust (3-DVD Set)