Orphaned Heritage

The East Coast's Disappearing History

By: Ben Swenson

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Paperback | 29 July 2025

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The spot where the most famous manhunt in United States history came to a bloody end languishes in the litter-strewn median of a four-lane highway. There are no physical traces left of the Garrett farmhouse, where John Wilkes Booth died, and few historic footprints to be found at all in this unlikely place, a common right-of-way. The Garrett place is one of scores of sites on the East Coast that society cast aside, places of historic value left to the natural world as orphans of the American landscape. Orphaned Heritage: The East Coast's Disappearing History tells the story of the Atlantic seaboard's historic castaways and explores what we can learn from the ruin.

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"Ben Swenson brings us on an adventure through the centuries with fascinating stories behind some of the nation's most curious disappearing history. From forgotten gold mines and the site of John Wilkes Booth's fiery demise to the haunting hulls of wartime concrete ships, Swenson's debut book is grounded in primary source research and sheds new light on America's past and her fading relics."

-- Christian Di Spigna, author of Founding Martyr: The Life and Death of Dr. Joseph Warren, the American Revolution's Lost Hero

"Much has been written about the well-preserved sites where American's history occurred, but this intriguing book by Ben Swenson takes a different twist. Some of the nation's most storied places have been lost to time -- disintegrated, buried, or surrendered to the forces of nature. Swenson takes readers on an engrossing journey to find the East Coast's lost history and explores the lessons that lay in the wake of decay."

- Dr. Bruce M. Venter, president of America's History LLC

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