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By Grann, David[2021]., Adolescent, Crown Books for Young Readers Call No: NL 976.60 GRA Edition: First edition. Availability:2 of 2 At Location(s) Summary Note: "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, the Osage rode in chauffeured automobiles, built mansions, and sent their children to study in Europe. Then, one by one, they began to be killed off. One Osage woman, Mollie Burkhart, watched as her family was murdered. Her older sister was shot. Her mother was then slowly poisoned. And it was just the beginning, as more Osage 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 such as Al Spencer, 'the Phantom Terror,' roamed--virtually anyone who dared to investigate the killings were themselves murdered. As the death toll surpassed more than twenty-four Osage, the newly created F.B.I. took up the case, in what became one of the organization's first major homicide investigations. But the bureau was then notoriously corrupt and initially bungled the case. Eventually 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 one of the only Native American agents in the bureau. They infiltrated the region, struggling to adopt the latest modern techniques of detection. Together with the Osage they began to expose one of the most chilling conspiracies in American history. In Killers of the Flower Moon, David Grann revisits a shocking series of crimes in which dozens of people were murdered in cold blood. The book is a masterpiece of narrative nonfiction, as each step in the investigation reveals a series of sinister secrets and reversals. But more than that, it is a searing indictment of the callousness and prejudice toward Native Americans that allowed the murderers to operate with impunity for so long. Killers of the Flower Moon is utterly riveting, but also emotionally devastating"--Provided by the publisher.
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By Grann, David2018., Vintage Books Call No: Mystery 976.6 Gra Edition: First Vintage Books edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: Explores the numerous murders of members of the Osage Indian Tribe in Oklahoma during the 1920s after they became rich due to the oil found on their land. Describes how the FBI badly hurt the case and what they did to try and find the killers.
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By Grann, DavidÃ2017., Vintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC Call No: NATIVE AMERICAN Edition: 1st Vintage Bks. ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "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"--OCLC.
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By Grann, David2018., Vintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC Call No: CRIME & PUNISHMENT NF GRA Edition: First Vintage books edition. Availability:2 of 2 At Location(s) Summary Note: 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.
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-- Osage murders and the birth of the FBIBy Grann, David[2021]., Adolescent, Crown Books for Young Readers Call No: NATIVE AMERICANS NF GRA Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 2 At Location(s) Summary Note: "This . . . book introduces young readers to the Reign of Terror against the Osage people--one of history's most ruthless and shocking crimes"--Provided by publisher.
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-- Osage murders and the birth of the FBIBy Grann, David[2021]., Adolescent, Doubleday Publising, an imprint of Random House, a division of Penguin Random House LLC Call No: CRIME & PUNISHMENT NF GRA Edition: 1st Yearling ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "This . . . book introduces young readers to the Reign of Terror against the Osage people--one of history's most ruthless and shocking crimes"--Provided by publisher.
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-- Osage murders and the birth of the FBIBy Grann, David[2021]., Adolescent, Doubleday Publising, an imprint of Random House, a division of Penguin Random House LLC Call No: Class Set FIC GRA Edition: 1st Yearling ed. Availability:20 of 20 At Location(s) Summary Note: "This . . . book introduces young readers to the Reign of Terror against the Osage people--one of history's most ruthless and shocking crimes"--Provided by publisher.
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By Grann, David2010., Vintage Departures Call No: Adventure 918.11 Gra Edition: 1st Vintage Departures ed. Availability:2 of 2 At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: An investigation into the mysterious disappearance of British explorer Percy Fawcett's 1925 expedition into the Amazon searching for the lost city of Z. Describes how Fawcett sparked the imagination of many people who believed that the jungle hid the remains of an ancient civilization. Explores the clues he left behind to investigate both his disappearance and the mystery of Z.
