Killers of the Flower Moon : the Osage murders and the birth of the FBI
(Audio CD)
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Published
New York, New York : Random House Audio / Penguin Random House LLC, [2017].
Format
Audio CD
Edition
Unabridged.
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7 audio discs (9 hrs.) : digital, CD audio ; 4 3/4 in.
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Published
New York, New York : Random House Audio / Penguin Random House LLC, [2017].
Edition
Unabridged.
Language
English
UPC
9780307747440
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UG
Level 8.8, 14 Points
Level 8.8, 14 Points
Lexile measure
1090
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Title from container.
Participants/Performers
Read by Will Patton, Ann Marie Lee, and Danny Campbell.
Description
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. 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.
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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, they rode in chauffeured automobiles, built mansions, and sent their children to study in Europe. Then, one by one, the Osage began to be killed off. Many of those who dared to investigate the killings were themselves murdered. As the death toll climbed to more than twenty-four, the FBI took up the case. It was one of the organization's first major homicide investigations and the bureau badly bungled the case. In desperation, the young director, J. Edgar Hoover, turned to a former Texas Ranger named Tom White to unravel the mystery.
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Compact disc.
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Audiobooks.
Case studies.
Homicide investigation -- Oklahoma -- Osage County -- Case studies.
Murder -- Oklahoma -- Osage County -- Case studies.
Osage County (Okla.) -- History -- 20th century.
Osage Indians -- Crimes against -- Case studies.
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United States. -- Federal Bureau of Investigation -- Case studies.
Case studies.
Homicide investigation -- Oklahoma -- Osage County -- Case studies.
Murder -- Oklahoma -- Osage County -- Case studies.
Osage County (Okla.) -- History -- 20th century.
Osage Indians -- Crimes against -- Case studies.
Sound recordings.
United States. -- Federal Bureau of Investigation -- Case studies.