An assassin in utopia : the true story of a nineteenth-century sex cult and a president's murder /
Wels, Susan,
An assassin in utopia : the true story of a nineteenth-century sex cult and a president's murder / Susan Wels. - First Pegasus Books cloth edition. - 258 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
A utopia of lust. The secret history ; A revolution of the senses -- The editor and the assassin. H. Greeley & Co. ; Muggletonians and mystics ; Garfield's crucible ; Dreams and disasters ; Horace Greeley for President -- Kingdom come. The master of love ; Prizes of power ; Serpents in the garden ; The removal ; End times ; Over the falls.
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. This is the first book to weave together these explosive stories in a tale of utopian experiments, political machinations, and murder.
9781639363124 1639363122
Garfield, James A. 1831-1881 --Assassination.
Guiteau, Charles J. 1841-1882.
Oneida Community.
Collective settlements--History--New York (State)--19th century.
True crime stories.
An assassin in utopia : the true story of a nineteenth-century sex cult and a president's murder / Susan Wels. - First Pegasus Books cloth edition. - 258 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
A utopia of lust. The secret history ; A revolution of the senses -- The editor and the assassin. H. Greeley & Co. ; Muggletonians and mystics ; Garfield's crucible ; Dreams and disasters ; Horace Greeley for President -- Kingdom come. The master of love ; Prizes of power ; Serpents in the garden ; The removal ; End times ; Over the falls.
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. This is the first book to weave together these explosive stories in a tale of utopian experiments, political machinations, and murder.
9781639363124 1639363122
Garfield, James A. 1831-1881 --Assassination.
Guiteau, Charles J. 1841-1882.
Oneida Community.
Collective settlements--History--New York (State)--19th century.
True crime stories.