Killers of the Flower Moon : the Osage murders and the birth of the FBI / David Grann.
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]
- Copyright: ©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. |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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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.