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Killers of the Flower Moon : the Osage murders and the birth of the FBI  Cover Image Book Book

Killers of the Flower Moon : the Osage murders and the birth of the FBI / Davin Grann.

Grann, David, (author.).

Summary:

"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." -- Publisher's website.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780307742483
  • Physical Description: x, 377 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 21 cm
  • Edition: First Vintage Books edition.
  • Publisher: New York, New York : Vintage Books, A Division of Penguin Random House LLC, 2018

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages [359]-373).
Subject: Osage Indians > Crimes against > Case studies.
Murder > Oklahoma > Osage County > Case studies.
Homicide investigation > Oklahoma > Osage County > Case studies.
United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation > Case studies.
Osage County (Okla.) > History > 20th century.
Indigenous peoples > United States > History.
Genre: True crime stories.
Case studies.
Topic Heading: Indigenous collection.

Available copies

  • 9 of 10 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect.
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  • 1 current hold with 10 total copies.
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