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12 books (377 pages ; 19 cm.)+ 1 book discussion guide (in binder), in bag. |
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Please inquire at Adult Services Desk for specific location. |
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Replacement copy is different publication : Simon & Schuster, 2017 ISBN (9781471183294) |
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Book Discussion guide includes: "Tips and Tricks for Leading a Book Club" ; Questions ; Author Biography ; Reviews ; Read-alikes. |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-373). |
| Contents |
Chronicle one: the marked woman -- The vanishing -- An act of God or man? -- King of the Osage Hills -- Underground reservation -- The devil's disciples -- Million dollar elm -- This thing of darkness -- Chronicle two: the evidence man -- 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 -- For the betterment of the Bureau -- The quick-draw artist, the yegg, and the soup man -- The state of the game -- A traitor to his blood -- So help you God! -- The hot house -- Chronicle three: the reporter -- Ghostlands -- A case not closed -- Standing in two worlds -- The lost manuscript -- Blood cries out. |
| Summary |
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. The family of an Osage woman, Mollie Burkhart, became a prime target. Her relatives were shot and poisoned. And it was just the beginning, as more and more members of the tribe began to die under mysterious circumstances. In Killers of the Flower Moon, David Grann revisits a shocking series of crimes in which dozens of people were murdered in cold blood. Based on years of research and startling new evidence, 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 American Indians that allowed the murderers to operate with impunity for so long. |
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United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation -- Case studies.
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Osage Indians -- Crimes against -- Case studies.
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Murder -- Oklahoma -- Osage County -- Case studies.
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Homicide investigation -- Oklahoma -- Osage County -- Case studies.
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Osage County (Okla.) -- History -- 20th century.
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BOOK CLUB IN A BAG
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| ISBN |
9780307742483 (pbk.) |
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0307742482 (pbk.) |
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