The Gardiner Public Library, 152 Water St., is set to host a reading and discussion by journalist Douglas Rooks about Maine judge Melville Weston Fuller at 6 p.m. Tuesday, July 23.

Fuller was born in Augusta, flourished in Chicago, and served 22 years as U.S. chief justice. He presided during a tumultuous period of American history, and displayed a strong progressive streak, despite impressions to the contrary. Fuller stood for full constitutional rights for territories like Puerto Rico, pioneered the self-defense doctrine, and established a “public trust” for waterfronts, beaches and harbors. He never lost his affinity for his native state, and died at his summer home in Sorrento, according to a news release from Public Services Librarian Stacy Caron.

“Calm Command: U.S. Chief Justice Melville Fuller in His Times, 1888-1910” will be available for sale and signing.

For more information, contact Caron at scaron@gardinermaine.com or 207-582-3312.

 

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