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Killers of the flower moon : the Osage murders and the birth of the FBI : adapted for young readers / David Grann.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Crown Books for Young Readers, [2021]Edition: First editionDescription: xii, 322 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780593377345
  • 0593377346
  • 9780593377352
  • 0593377354
Other title:
  • Osage murders and the birth of the FBI
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Contents:
The vanishing -- An act of God or man? -- King of the Osage Hills -- Underground reservation -- The Devil's disciples -- The million dollar elm -- The thing of darkness -- 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 -- The quick-draw artist, the yegg, and the soup man -- The state of the game -- A traitor to his blood -- The double agent -- So help you God! -- The hot house -- Ghostlands -- A case not closed -- Standing in two worlds -- The lost manuscript -- Blood cries out.
Summary: The Reign of Terror against the Osage people was one of history's most ruthless and shocking crimes. As the Wild West was dying, someone was killing members of the Osage nation who had gotten rich off the oil under their land. Investigators who tried to uncover the truth were disappearing, but still J. Edgar Hoover asked a former Texas Ranger to work with the Osage to unravel the mystery.Summary: 1920s Oklahoma. The richest people per capita in the world were members of the Osage Indian nation in Oklahoma after oil was discovered beneath their land. Then, one by one, the Osage began to be killed off. The family of an Osage woman, Mollie Burkhart, became a prime target. Her relatives were shot and poisoned. Many of those who dared to investigate the killings were themselves murdered. It became the FBI's first major homicide investigation ... and the bureau badly bungled the case. J. Edgar Hoover turned to a former Texas Ranger named Tom White, who put together an undercover team which began to expose one of the most chilling conspiracies in American history.
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Children's Book Children's Book Dr. James Carlson Library Children's NonFiction 976.6004 G759 Available 33111010646491
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

The New York Times bestseller and National Book Award finalist Killers of the Flower Moon is now adapted for young readers.

This book is an essential resource for young readers to learn about the Reign of Terror against the Osage people--one of history's most ruthless and shocking crimes.

In the 1920s, the richest people per capita in the world were members of the Osage Nation in Oklahoma, thanks to the oil that was discovered beneath their land. Then, one by one, the Osage began to die under mysterious circumstances, and anyone who tried to investigate met the same end.

As the death toll surpassed more than twenty-four Osage, the newly created Bureau of Investigation, which became the FBI, took up the case, one of the organization's first major homicide investigations. An undercover team, including one of the only Native American agents in the bureau, infiltrated the region, struggling to adopt the latest modern techniques of detection. Working with the Osage, they began to expose one of the most chilling conspiracies in American history.

In this adaptation of the adult bestseller, David Grann revisits his gripping investigation into the shocking crimes against the Osage people. The book is a searing indictment of the callousness and prejudice toward Native Americans that allowed the murderers to occur for so long.

"Adapted for young readers."

"Originally published by Doubleday Publishing, New York City, in 2017."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 288-307) and index.

The vanishing -- An act of God or man? -- King of the Osage Hills -- Underground reservation -- The Devil's disciples -- The million dollar elm -- The thing of darkness -- 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 -- The quick-draw artist, the yegg, and the soup man -- The state of the game -- A traitor to his blood -- The double agent -- So help you God! -- The hot house -- Ghostlands -- A case not closed -- Standing in two worlds -- The lost manuscript -- Blood cries out.

The Reign of Terror against the Osage people was one of history's most ruthless and shocking crimes. As the Wild West was dying, someone was killing members of the Osage nation who had gotten rich off the oil under their land. Investigators who tried to uncover the truth were disappearing, but still J. Edgar Hoover asked a former Texas Ranger to work with the Osage to unravel the mystery.

Ages 10 & up Crown Books for Young Readers.

Grades 7-9 Crown Books for Young Readers.

1920s Oklahoma. The richest people per capita in the world were members of the Osage Indian nation in Oklahoma after oil was discovered beneath their land. Then, one by one, the Osage began to be killed off. The family of an Osage woman, Mollie Burkhart, became a prime target. Her relatives were shot and poisoned. Many of those who dared to investigate the killings were themselves murdered. It became the FBI's first major homicide investigation ... and the bureau badly bungled the case. J. Edgar Hoover turned to a former Texas Ranger named Tom White, who put together an undercover team which began to expose one of the most chilling conspiracies in American history.

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