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Author:
Grann, David, author.
Title:
Killers of the flower moon : the Osage murders and the birth of the FBI / David Grann.
Edition:
First Vintage Books edition.
Publisher:
Vintage Booksa division of Penguin Random House LLC,
Copyright Date:
2023
Description:
x, 377, 12 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm
Subject:
United States.--Federal Bureau of Investigation--Case studies.
Osage Indians--Crimes against--Case studies.
Murder--Osage County--Osage County--Case studies.
Homicide investigation--Osage County--Osage County--Case studies.
Osage County (Okla.)--History--20th century.
True crime stories.
Notes:
Includes an excerpt from The Wager by David Grann, ©2023. Includes bibliographical references (pages 359-373).
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.
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.
ISBN:
9780307742483
0307742482
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1409804442
Locations:
XXPH787 -- Council Bluffs Public Library (Council Bluffs)

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