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Killers of the Flower Moon

Oil, Money, Murder and the Birth of the FBI

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Killers of the Flower Moon

By: David Grann
Narrated by: Will Patton, Ann Marie Lee, Danny Campbell
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 WINNER OF THE EDGAR AWARD FOR BEST FACT CRIME
SHORTLISTED FOR THE ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR EXCELLENCE IN NON-FICTION
SHORTLISTED FOR THE CWA ALCS GOLD DAGGER FOR NON-FICTION

**NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE DIRECTED BY MARTIN SCORSESE STARRING LEONARDO DICAPRIO **

‘A riveting true story of greed, serial murder and racial injustice’ JON KRAKAUER
‘A fiercely entertaining mystery story and a wrenching exploration of evil’ KATE ATKINSON
‘A fascinating account of a tragic and forgotten chapter in the history of the American West’ JOHN GRISHAM

From the bestselling author of The Lost City of Z, now a major film starring Charlie Hunnam, Sienna Miller and Robert Pattison, comes a true-life murder story which became one of the FBI’s first major homicide investigations.

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. As the death toll climbed, the FBI took up the case. But the bureau badly bungled the investigation. In desperation, its young director, J. Edgar Hoover, turned to a former Texas Ranger named Tom White to unravel the mystery. Together with the Osage he and his undercover team began to expose one of the most chilling conspiracies in American history.

‘David Grann has a razor-keen instinct for suspense’ LOUISE ERDRICH Americas Crime Indigenous Peoples Murder True Crime United States Native American Emotionally Gripping Scary American History
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Osage county, 1920’s Oklahoma, and the native American people, the Osage, were notionally the wealthiest per capita of that time. Sitting atop vast oil reserves to which they had legal title, outsiders viewed their wealth variously as a source of fascination and envy. Indeed, and carrying over much of the vestiges of racism from the prior century, for many the Indians did not deserve to be so fortunate. Government policies of paternalism, corruption at state and local level in which whites were always favoured, and venal criminality leading to countless murders, meant for the Osage this period is remembered as the reign of terror.

I cannot recommend this book enough.

A tale of stupefying greed, corruption and racism

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This is a shameful and shocking story that will now become more well known due to the Martin Scorsese film. As a book, much of it reads like a historical research document with lots of names, dates and actions being covered. I really enjoyed the second section read by Will Patton. I'm sure the book will make an excellent movie.

A Dark Business

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... but the telling of it could be better.

Huge respect to the author for the top quality investigating, especially that contained in the third part of the book. It's a telling episode in US history which deserves not to be forgotten.

Perhaps it's just the audio format, but I found that at times it was difficult to keep track of the different names and relationships, particularly by the third part. they cone thick and fast. I feel the writer could have done more to refresh and contextualise. Also, the writing often lacks that "sense of place" which can make stories like this come alive.

The audio narration of the second part is excellent, and the third part good. The first part is bad - overwrought and plaintive to the point of being irritating. Glad I pushed through though.

Amazing reporting and story...

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Overall,it was well written ,it contained a lot of detail which , at times ,it went over more than once.The idea of the murders linked with the birth of the F.B.I worked well and me an insight into the history of one group of Indian people and how they were treated by the 'White Man'.

Killers of the he Flower Moon.

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A very sad story , and what makes is sad , it’s true. Well narrated and well written

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