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Killers of the Flower Moon

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A young reader edition of the New York Times bestseller and National Book Award finalist about one of history's most ruthless and shocking crimes, the Reign of Terror against the Osage people.

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. 

As the death toll surpassed more than twenty-four Osage, the newly created F.B.I. took up the case, in what became 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 to bring an end to the deadly crime spree. Together with the Osage they began to expose one of the most chilling conspiracies in American history.

In this youngification of the adult bestseller, critically acclaimed author David Grann revisits the gripping investigation into the shocking crimes against the Osage people. It is a searing indictment of the callousness and prejudice toward Native Americans that allowed the murderers to continue for so long and provides essential information for young readers about a shameful period in U.S. history.

Editions (10)

ISBN9780593377376
PublisherRandom House Children's Books
Publication Date11/08/22
Pages338

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  • mag.die
    mag.die

    13 Followers

    5.0

    Informativ, spannend, deprimierend. David Grann bringt mit hervorragender journalistischer Arbeit die halb vergessene Reign of Terror der Osage wieder in das Bewusstsein der Menschen. Ich muss zu meiner Schande gestehen, dass ich zuvor noch nichts von den Osage gehört habe, weshalb ich es aber umso interessanter fand, etwas über ihre Kultur, die Mordserie in den 1920ern, sowie die damaligen Lebensumstände in ihrer Reservation (v. a. das Vormundschaftssystem) zu lernen. Der Teil des Buches, der die Mordfälle aus der Perspektive des FBI darstellt, liest sich spannend wie ein Krimi, hat aber aufgrund der realen Akteure und Opfer auch einen bedrückenden Beiklang.

    Dec 19, 2024

  • outis
    outis

    6 Followers

    5.0

    I'm not into true crime and all this blood goggling but this book I liked anyway. It's well researched and written, with the author not making himself the hero of the book like so many of his colleagues of non-fiction do. Every "character" gets a chance to share their story without it being too long-winded. So it's a good book, but god did it make me sick.

    Mar 2, 2024

  • alice1
    alice1

    5 Followers

    4.0

    The book is about a chapter of American history that not many people know about: the Osage murders. At the start of the book it describes how many Osage hired private detectives to solve the cases, but they only manage to solve them when the government interferes. At least that is what the author thinks until he visits the place about a century after the murders and sees for himself how many cases remained unsolved und what an large impact that has on the Osage.

    Overall I would say it is a well written book with an extremely interesting plot. The only criticism I can mention really is, that at the start of the book it is hard to follow the story line because so many people are mentioned. I really liked all the visuals that are included and it’s easy to say that this is an awesome read, especially if you are in to history.

    Jan 24, 2025

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