I had heard about the community of Oneida from a course on America’s Religious History. Most people are surprised to learn about a community of Free Love or Sex because they think people in those days were more straight laced than people of today. The book addresses the Oneida Community, their founders and industry, and the US Presidents of the era. The book weaves the story of the Assassin and how he tried to interject himself into the lives of these various people. He was a real loser but you still see people like him today.