Susan Wels
Author
Publisher
Blackstone Publishing
Pub. Date
2023
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
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...