Killers of the flower moon : the Osage murders and the birth of the FBI
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Published
New York : Doubleday, [2017].
Format
Book
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
9780385534246, 0385534248, 9780385542487, 0385542488, 9780307742483, 0307742482
Physical Desc
x, 338 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.8 - AR Pts: 14
Lexile measure
1160L
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Subjects
LC Subjects
History -- Native American.
History -- United States -- 20th century.
Homicide investigation -- Oklahoma -- Osage County -- Case studies.
Murder -- Oklahoma -- Osage County -- Case studies.
Osage County (Okla.) -- History -- 20th century.
Osage Indians -- Crimes against -- Case studies.
True crime stories.
True crime.
United States. -- Federal Bureau of Investigation -- Case studies -- Juvenile literature.
United States. -- Federal Bureau of Investigation -- Case studies.
History -- United States -- 20th century.
Homicide investigation -- Oklahoma -- Osage County -- Case studies.
Murder -- Oklahoma -- Osage County -- Case studies.
Osage County (Okla.) -- History -- 20th century.
Osage Indians -- Crimes against -- Case studies.
True crime stories.
True crime.
United States. -- Federal Bureau of Investigation -- Case studies -- Juvenile literature.
United States. -- Federal Bureau of Investigation -- Case studies.
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Published
New York : Doubleday, [2017].
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
ISBN
9780385534246, 0385534248, 9780385542487, 0385542488, 9780307742483, 0307742482
Accelerated Reader
UG
Level 8.8, 14 Points
Level 8.8, 14 Points
Lexile measure
1160
Notes
General Note
Maps on endpapers.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-336).
Description
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.
Description
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.
Target Audience
1160L,Lexile
Study Program Information
Accelerated Reader,UG,8.8,14,14,190493
Awards
BookBrowse Nonfiction Award Winner, 2017
Awards
Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime, 2018
Awards
Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Nonfiction Finalist, 2018
Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Grann, D. (2017). Killers of the flower moon: the Osage murders and the birth of the FBI (First edition.). Doubleday.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Grann, David. 2017. Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI. Doubleday.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Grann, David. Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI Doubleday, 2017.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Grann, David. Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI First edition., Doubleday, 2017.
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