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Killers of the flower moon, the Osage murders and the birth of the FBI, David Grann

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Killers of the flower moon

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David Grann

the Osage murders and the birth of the FBI

"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" --, Provided by publisher

Chronicle 1: 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 2: 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 3: The reporter. Ghostlands ; A case not closed ; Standing in two worlds ; The lost manuscript ; Blood cries out

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