Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A twisting, haunting true-life murder mystery about one of the most monstrous crimes in American history, from the author of The Wager and The Lost City of Z, “one of the preeminent adventure and true-crime writers working today."—New York Magazine • NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST • NOW A MARTIN SCORSESE PICTURE “A shocking whodunit…What more could fans of true-crime thrillers ask?”—USA Today “A masterful work of literary journalism crafted with the urgency of a mystery.” —The Boston Globe A Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of the Century In the 1920s, the richest people per capita in the world were members of the Osage 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, the Osage began to be killed off. The family of an Osage woman, Mollie Burkhart, became a prime target. One of her relatives was shot. Another was poisoned. And it was just the beginning, as more and more Osage were dying under mysterious circumstances, and many of those who dared to investigate the killings were themselves murdered. As the death toll rose, the newly created FBI took up the case, and the young director, J. Edgar Hoover, turned to a former Texas Ranger named Tom White to try to unravel the mystery. White put together an undercover team, including a Native American agent who infiltrated the region, and together with the Osage began to expose one of the most chilling conspiracies in American history. Look for David Grann’s latest bestselling book, The Wager! |
Contents
King of the Osage Hills | |
Underground Reservation | |
The Devils Disciples | |
Million Dollar | |
This Thing of Darkness | |
Dying Words | |
The Hidden Face | |
The QuickDraw Artist the Yegg and the Soup | |
A Traitor to His Blood | |
So Help You God | |
The Hot House | |
THE REPORTER | |
A Case Not Closed | |
THE EVIDENCE | |
Department of Easy Virtue | |
The Undercover Cowboys | |
Eliminating the Impossible | |
The Third | |
A Wilderness of Mirrors | |
A Hangmans | |
Standing in Two Worlds | |
The Lost Manuscript | |
Acknowledgments | |
Archival and Unpublished Sources | |
For the Betterment of the Bureau | |
Selected Bibliography | |
Illustration Credits | |
Other editions - View all
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI David Grann Limited preview - 2018 |
Killers of the Flower Moon: Oil, Money, Murder and the Birth of the FBI David Grann No preview available - 2017 |
Killers of the Flower Moon: Oil, Money, Murder and the Birth of the FBI David Grann No preview available - 2018 |
Common terms and phrases
account by Grove Agent Burger Agent Smith Anna Brown Anna's asked attorney began Bigheart Bill Smith Blackie brother Bryan Burkhart Burt court courtroom Cowboy Credit crimes Curley Johnson Daily Oklahoman death Edgar Hoover Ernest Burkhart Fairfax father FBI/FOIA federal files Grammer Grand jury testimony Gray Horse Grove with White guardian Hale and Ramsey headright Henry Roan husband Ibid Indian Affairs John Ramsey justice killed killers knew later lawmen Lawson Lizzie Margie Mollie Burkhart Mollie's NARA-CP NARA-FW never NMSUL Oklahoma Osage County Osage Hills Osage Indian Osage murders Osage Nation Pawhuska Pawhuska Daily Capital prairie prison private detectives private eyes prosecutor Quoted Ranger recalled records Red Corn Reign of Terror Report by Weiss Rita Roan's seemed sheriff shot suspected Texas Texas Ranger told Tom White trial tribe Tulsa Unpublished nonfiction account Vaughan Weiss and Burger Whitehorn wife witnesses Wren wrote