Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
Format: Hardcover
ISBN:
9780385534246 (0385534248)
ASIN: 0385534248
Publish date: 2017-04-18
Publisher: Doubleday
Pages no: 352
Edition language: English
Interesting book on an event that is never taught in school. I especially liked when the investigation is taken over by the FBI. I was appalled by the murders. The Osage were intelligent when negotiating with the government and got the mineral rights to their lands. White man greed once again de...
Killers of the Flower Moon-David Grann, author; Will Patton, Ann Marie Lee, Danny Campbell, narrators Although the book concerns itself with a time in history that covered about four years, from 1921-1925, the story really begins in the 1870’s when the Osage Indians were forced to leave their lands ...
So far my NF reading project is going beautifully, with two amazing reads up front. This book was riveting and infuriating. I finished it last night, and I'm still pissed about the systemic failures that enabled what could justifiably be called an attempted genocide fueled by malice and greed. I thi...
This has been the hot book of Tulsa this summer. Probably the most butchered title also. As a librarian, I have gotten really good at figuring out that our customers wanted this book when they ask for "Flower Killers," "Moon Flowers," or "Flower Killer Moon." "Killers of the Flower Moon" is the stor...
Look, everything you have heard about this book is true. You need to read it. It isn't really about murder and the birth of the FBI, though that is the compelling aspect of the story. It is really about the American government and society have treated Native Americans (or First Peoples). The book is...
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