Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
by David Grann
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- Hardcover
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- ISBN 10
- 0385534248
- ISBN 13
- 9780385534246
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About This Item
Adapted for young readers, this heartbreaking and critically acclaimed work of narrative nonfiction from David Grann reads like a novel. However, make no mistake — the history here is very real and Grann sets the bar high in bringing these events to light.
In the 1920s, the richest people per capita in the world were members of the Osage Nation in Oklahoma. After oil was discovered beneath their land, the Osage rode in chauffeured automobiles, built mansions, and sent their children to study in Europe.
Then, one by one, the Osage began to be killed off. The family of an Osage woman, Mollie Burkhart, became a prime target. One of her relatives was shot. Another was poisoned. And it was just the beginning, as more and more Osage were dying under mysterious circumstances, and many of those who dared to investigate the killings were themselves murdered.
As the death toll rose, the newly created FBI took up the case, and the young director, J. Edgar Hoover, turned to a former Texas Ranger named Tom White to try to unravel the mystery. White put together an undercover team, including a Native American agent who infiltrated the region, and together with the Osage began to expose one of the most chilling conspiracies in American history.
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- Bookseller
- JERMAINE WHITE (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- Killers of the Flower Moo
- Title
- Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
- Author
- David Grann
- Book Condition
- New
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 4
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0385534248
- ISBN 13
- 9780385534246
- Publisher
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 04/2017
- Pages
- 352
- Size
- 6.40(w) x 8.90(h) x 1.30(d)
- Keywords
- David Grann, Killers of the Flower Moon