New Book by Nantucket’s Connor Gifford

Island resident Connor Gifford has written a book called “America According to Connor Gifford, with Victoria Harris”, to be released in June locally, and on July 4th weekend nationally by Hargrave Press. Connor will be speaking about the book at the Atheneum on Friday June 6 at 7 pm, followed by book signing.

Tim Russert calls the 168 page book “a distinctive American perspective by a unique young man.” Nathaniel Philbrick says, “Connor Gifford has written my kind of history … fun and inspiration.” And Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara call it a “must read!”

From the cover: “At a time when 81% of Americans are dissatisfied with our country’s direction, along comes Connor Gifford, an amazing young man from Nantucket who has Down Syndrome, to make sense of our past and offer hope for the future.”

Spanning 400 years of American history, the book is illustrated with 58 of Connor’s original drawings. “This is history as it has never been written before,” says NPR’s Vern Laux. “Lively and uplifting!” Key themes include civil rights, women’s rights, why wars begin, religious freedom and individual responsibility.