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The Resource Killers of the Flower Moon : oil, money, murder and the birth of the FBI, David Grann

Killers of the Flower Moon : oil, money, murder and the birth of the FBI, David Grann

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Summary
  • Presents a true account of the early twentieth-century murders of dozens of wealthy Osage and law-enforcement officials, citing the contributions and missteps of a fledgling FBI that eventually uncovered one of the most chilling conspiracies in American history
  • "In the 1920s, the richest people per capita in the world were members of the Osage Indian nation in Oklahoma. After oil was discovered beneath their land, they 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. Her relatives were shot and poisoned. And it was just the beginning, as more and more members of the tribe began to die under mysterious circumstances. In this last remnant of the Wild West--where oilmen like J.P. Getty made their fortunes and where desperadoes like Al Spencer, the "Phantom Terror," roamed--many of those who dared to investigate the killings were themselves murdered. As the death toll climbed to more than twenty-four, the FBI took up the case. It was one of the organization's first major homicide investigations and the bureau badly bungled the case. In desperation, the young director, J. Edgar Hoover, turned to a former Texas Ranger named Tom White to unravel the mystery. White put together an undercover team, including one of the only American Indian agents in the bureau. The agents infiltrated the region, struggling to adopt the latest techniques of detection. Together with the Osage they began to expose one of the most chilling conspiracies in American history. In Killers of the Flower Moon, David Grann revisits a shocking series of crimes in which dozens of people were murdered in cold blood. Based on years of research and startling new evidence, the book is a masterpiece of narrative nonfiction, as each step in the investigation reveals a series of sinister secrets and reversals. But more than that, it is a searing indictment of the callousness and prejudice toward American Indians that allowed the murderers to operate with impunity for so long. Killers of the Flower Moon is utterly compelling, but also emotionally devastating."--Publisher's description
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
338 pages
Note
Maps on endpapers
Contents
  • Chronicle one: The marked woman
  • The vanishing
  • An act of God or man?
  • King of the Osage Hills
  • Underground reservation
  • The devil's disciples
  • Million dollar elm
  • This thing of darkness
  • Chronicle two: The evidence man
  • Department of easy virtue
  • The undercover cowboys
  • Eliminating the impossible
  • The third man
  • A wilderness of mirrors
  • A hangman's son
  • Dying words
  • The hidden face
  • For the betterment of the Bureau
  • The quick-draw artist, the yegg, and the soup man
  • The state of the game
  • A traitor to his blood
  • So help you God!
  • The hot house
  • Chronicle three: The reporter
  • Ghostlands
  • A case not closed
  • Standing in two worlds
  • The lost manuscript
  • Blood cries out
Isbn
9781471140266
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Killers of the Flower Moon : oil, money, murder and the birth of the FBI
Title
Killers of the Flower Moon
Title remainder
oil, money, murder and the birth of the FBI
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David Grann
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Author
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Language
eng
Summary
  • Presents a true account of the early twentieth-century murders of dozens of wealthy Osage and law-enforcement officials, citing the contributions and missteps of a fledgling FBI that eventually uncovered one of the most chilling conspiracies in American history
  • "In the 1920s, the richest people per capita in the world were members of the Osage Indian nation in Oklahoma. After oil was discovered beneath their land, they 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. Her relatives were shot and poisoned. And it was just the beginning, as more and more members of the tribe began to die under mysterious circumstances. In this last remnant of the Wild West--where oilmen like J.P. Getty made their fortunes and where desperadoes like Al Spencer, the "Phantom Terror," roamed--many of those who dared to investigate the killings were themselves murdered. As the death toll climbed to more than twenty-four, the FBI took up the case. It was one of the organization's first major homicide investigations and the bureau badly bungled the case. In desperation, the young director, J. Edgar Hoover, turned to a former Texas Ranger named Tom White to unravel the mystery. White put together an undercover team, including one of the only American Indian agents in the bureau. The agents infiltrated the region, struggling to adopt the latest techniques of detection. Together with the Osage they began to expose one of the most chilling conspiracies in American history. In Killers of the Flower Moon, David Grann revisits a shocking series of crimes in which dozens of people were murdered in cold blood. Based on years of research and startling new evidence, the book is a masterpiece of narrative nonfiction, as each step in the investigation reveals a series of sinister secrets and reversals. But more than that, it is a searing indictment of the callousness and prejudice toward American Indians that allowed the murderers to operate with impunity for so long. Killers of the Flower Moon is utterly compelling, but also emotionally devastating."--Publisher's description
Biography type
contains biographical information
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NTAUP
Dewey number
  • 976.6004/975254
  • 364.152
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
no index present
Literary form
non fiction
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bibliography
Killers of the Flower Moon : oil, money, murder and the birth of the FBI, David Grann
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Killers of the Flower Moon : oil, money, murder and the birth of the FBI, David Grann
Publication
Note
Maps on endpapers
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Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references
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Carrier category code
nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
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Content type code
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Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Chronicle one: The marked woman -- The vanishing -- An act of God or man? -- King of the Osage Hills -- Underground reservation -- The devil's disciples -- Million dollar elm -- This thing of darkness -- Chronicle two: The evidence man -- Department of easy virtue -- The undercover cowboys -- Eliminating the impossible -- The third man -- A wilderness of mirrors -- A hangman's son -- Dying words -- The hidden face -- For the betterment of the Bureau -- The quick-draw artist, the yegg, and the soup man -- The state of the game -- A traitor to his blood -- So help you God! -- The hot house -- Chronicle three: The reporter -- Ghostlands -- A case not closed -- Standing in two worlds -- The lost manuscript -- Blood cries out
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