One Book, One Island: Discussion of David McCullough’s 1776

Celebrate the 250th Anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence by reading 1776 by David McCullough.

Please join the All-Island Book Discussion led by retired constitutional scholar and author, Jack Fruchtman, Saturday, July 11th at 3 pm at the West Tisbury Library.  Come to the library to borrow a copy and get ready for the conversation! (Complimentary copies of the book are available at the Oak Bluffs Library while supplies last).

Free and open to the public. Presented by the Martha’s Vineyard Library Association.

Jack Fruchtman, who lives in Aquinnah, taught constitutional law and politics for over 40 years.  He is the author of seven books and has edited, coedited, or annotated another seven.  He has written studies of the thought of Thomas Paine, Benjamin Franklin, Benjamin Rush, and Joseph Priestley, among other eighteenth-century figures.  His most recent books are American Constitutional History (second edition, 2022) and The Supreme Court and Constitutional Law (fourth edition, 2025).