Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST

A New York Times Notable Book

Named a best book of the year by Amazon, Wall Street Journal, The Boston Globe, San Francisco Chronicle, GQ, Time, Newsday, Entertainment Weekly, Time Magazine, NPR, Vogue, Smithsonian, Cosmopolitan, Seattle Times, Bloomberg, Lit Hub, and Slate

From the #1 New York Times best-selling author of The Lost City of Z, a twisting, haunting true-life murder mystery about one of the most monstrous crimes in American history

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.

  • Format: TradePaperback
  • Author: Grann, David
  • ISBN: 9780307742483
  • Condition: New
  • Dimensions: 7.90 x 0.90
  • Number Of Pages: 400
  • Publication Year: 2018

Tragic true tale of injustice done to members of the Osage tribe

This astonishing, horrific tale was even more unsettling to me when I realized that its events took place in the state of my birth, Oklahoma, earlier in the century of my birth. It's an important story we all should know, and we must be thankful that masterful storyteller David Grann ended up telling it.

Steve L.

HPB Staff

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  • Tragic true tale of injustice done to members of the Osage tribe

    Steve L. - 2 years ago

    This astonishing, horrific tale was even more unsettling to me when I realized that its events took place in the state of my birth, Oklahoma, earlier in the century of my birth. How can I never have heard about these atrocities, committed against members of the Osage Indian tribe merely because they were rich? It's an important story we all should know, and we must be thankful that masterful storyteller David Grann (whose The Lost City of Oz is another gripping true tale) ended up telling it.

    HPB Staff Review

  • Perspective-Altering!

    Shaney C. - 2 years 11 months ago

    This book needed to be written!!! I'm excited to see the movie when it comes out too!!

  • ''The question will suggest itself, which of these people are the savages?"

    Samantha C. - 5 years ago

    A dark and unsettling true crime story of the suspicious deaths in the Osage Nation and a detailed look at the beginnings of the FBI. I am typically a little squeamish when it comes to real-life violence, but luckily this story did not delve into a voyeuristic and fetishized version of the murders, but rather looked at the political climate then and now. An honest look the racism and hierarchical nature of the American government.

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  • #SummerReading

    Jackson C. - 5 years 10 months ago

    Amazing book! Fantastic insights in a style of writing that keeps the narrative engaging throughout. #SummerReading

  • A Sad Part of American History

    Richard E. - 5 years 10 months ago

    Because I like to read about American history, I thoroughly enjoyed this book. I learned a lot about a sad part of our history. The Osage Indians were taken advantage of through theft, fraud, and even murder which the author writes about in intriguing instances. The story is loaded with history about the start of the F.B.I., the oil companies, and the Texas Rangers. This was a hard book to put down once I started reading it. Any one who is interested in the good, the bad, and the ugly of American history would throughly enjoy this book.