Killers of the Flower Moon : the Osage murders and the birth of the FBI

Grann, David, author.

Book Club 2017

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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ISBN:

9780385534246

Edition:

First edition

Description:

10 books (338 pages) in tote bag(s) : illustrations, maps ; 19 in. x 12 in. x 4 in. + Discussion manual

Notes:

Maps on endpapers
Includes discussion guide
Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-336)

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

LCCN:

2016021407

Control Number:

3264289

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