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Killers of the Flower Moon : the Osage murders and the birth of the FBI, David Grann

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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
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Edition
First large print edition.
Extent
492 pages (large print)
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
9781524755935
Instance
Label
Killers of the Flower Moon : the Osage murders and the birth of the FBI
Title
Killers of the Flower Moon
Title remainder
the Osage murders and the birth of the FBI
Statement of responsibility
David Grann
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Author
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Genre
Language
eng
Summary
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
Cataloging source
BTCTA
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Grann, David
Dewey number
976.6004/975254
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
no index present
Interest level
UG
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
Reading level
8.8
Study program name
Accelerated Reader AR
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  • Hale, Bill
  • United States
  • United States
  • Osage Indians
  • Murder
  • Homicide investigation
  • Murder for hire
  • Conspiracy
  • HISTORY
  • HISTORY
  • TRUE CRIME
  • Osage County (Okla.)
  • Oklahoma
Target audience
adult
Label
Killers of the Flower Moon : the Osage murders and the birth of the FBI, David Grann
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Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 467-487)
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
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
Control code
1924190
Dimensions
24 cm
Edition
First large print edition.
Extent
492 pages (large print)
Form of item
large print
Isbn
9781524755935
Lccn
2017304728
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations
Specific material designation
large print
System control number
  • (Sirsi) i9781524755935
  • (OCoLC)954427652
Label
Killers of the Flower Moon : the Osage murders and the birth of the FBI, David Grann
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 467-487)
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
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
Control code
1924190
Dimensions
24 cm
Edition
First large print edition.
Extent
492 pages (large print)
Form of item
large print
Isbn
9781524755935
Lccn
2017304728
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations
Specific material designation
large print
System control number
  • (Sirsi) i9781524755935
  • (OCoLC)954427652

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