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PublisherPegasus Books
ISBN-101639366105
ISBN-139781639366101
eBay Product ID (ePID)6061255460
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Book TitleAssassin in Utopia : the True Story of a Nineteenth-Century Sex Cult and a President's Murder
Number of Pages272 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2024
TopicMurder / General, United States / 19th Century, General
IllustratorYes
GenrePolitical Science, True Crime, History
AuthorSusan Wels
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.8 in
Item Weight9.1 Oz
Item Length8.2 in
Item Width5.5 in
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ReviewsJuggling incels and libertines, the mighty and the mightily deranged, Susan Wels deftly brings us this close to an amazing cast of real-life nineteenth century characters--admirable and horrific, brilliant and doomed, messianic and utterly mad--making them (and their vivid emotions) newly relatable to our era. You'll be casting An Assassin in Utopia in your head, even as it demonstrates that Free Love is anything but, and that one man can make a difference, often in the worst way possible. This is like David McCullough on acid.
Dewey Edition23/eng/20230309
Dewey Decimal307.7709747/64
SynopsisIt was heaven on earth-and, some whispered, the devil's garden. Thousands came by trains and carriages to see this new Eden, carved from hundreds of acres of wild woodland. They gaped at the people who lived in this place-especially the women, with their queer cropped hair and shamelessly short skirts. The men and women of this strange outpost worked and slept together-without sin, they claimed. From 1848 to 1881, the Oneida Community-a small Utopian colony in Upstate New York-was known for its shocking sexual practices, from open marriage and free love to the sexual training of young boys by older women. And in 1881, a one-time member of the Oneida Community-Charles Julius Guiteau-assassinated President James Garfield in a brutal crime that shook America to its core. This is the first book that weaves together these explosive stories in a tale of Utopian experiments, political machinations, and murder. Against a vivid backdrop of ambition, hucksterism, and spectacle, the book's interwoven stories fuse together in the climactic murder of President Garfield in 1881-at the same time as the Oneida Community collapsed., This true crime odyssey explores a forgotten, astonishing chapter of American history, leading the reader from a free-love community in upstate New York to the shocking assassination of President James Garfield. It was heaven on earth--and, some whispered, the devil's garden. Thousands came by trains and carriages to see this new Eden, carved from hundreds of acres of wild woodland. They marveled at orchards bursting with fruit, thick herds of Ayrshire cattle and Cotswold sheep, and whizzing mills. They gaped at the people who lived in this place--especially the women, with their queer cropped hair and shamelessly short skirts. The men and women of this strange outpost worked and slept together--without sin, they claimed. From 1848 to 1881, a small utopian colony in upstate New York--the Oneida Community--was known for its shocking sexual practices, from open marriage and free love to the sexual training of young boys by older women. And in 1881, a one-time member of the Oneida Community--Charles Julius Guiteau--assassinated President James Garfield in a brutal crime that shook America to its core. An Assassin in Utopia is the first book that weaves together these explosive stories in a tale of utopian experiments, political machinations, and murder. This deeply researched narrative--by bestselling author Susan Wels--tells the true, interlocking stories of the Oneida Community and its radical founder, John Humphrey Noyes; his idol, the eccentric newspaper publisher Horace Greeley (founder of the New Yorker and the New York Tribune) ; and the gloomy, indecisive President James Garfield--who was assassinated after his first six months in office. Juxtaposed to their stories is the odd tale of Garfield's assassin, the demented Charles Julius Guiteau, who was connected to all of them in extraordinary, surprising ways. Against a vivid backdrop of ambition, hucksterism, epidemics, and spectacle, the book's interwoven stories fuse together in the climactic murder of President Garfield in 1881--at the same time as the Oneida Community collapsed. Colorful and compelling, An Assassin in Utopia is a page-turning odyssey through America's nineteenth-century cultural and political landscape., This true crime odyssey explores a forgotten, astonishing chapter of American history, leading the reader from a free-love community in upstate New York to the shocking assassination of President James Garfield.
LC Classification NumberHX653.W4 2024
