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Killers of the Flower Moon : the Osage murders and the birth of the FBI  Cover Image Book Book

Killers of the Flower Moon : the Osage murders and the birth of the FBI / David Grann.

Grann, David. (Author).

Summary:

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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780385534246 (hardcover)
  • Physical Description: x, 338 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Doubleday, [2017]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Map on endpapers.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note:
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.
Subject: United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation > Case studies.
Osage Indians > Crimes against > Case studies.
Murder > Oklahoma > Osage County > Case studies.
Homicide investigation > Oklahoma > Osage County > Case studies.
Osage County (Okla.) > History > 20th century.
Topic Heading: Aboriginal.

Available copies

  • 8 of 17 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Greenwood Public Library.

Holds

  • 3 current holds with 17 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Holdable? Status Due Date
Greenwood Public Library 976.6004 GRA (Text) 35141000209313 Adult Non-fiction Volume hold Available -

Summary: 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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