Nonfiction at Night: "Killers of the Flower Moon"

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Discussion, Literacy

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Adults
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This month's title

Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann

Book description

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 to more than twenty-four, the FBI took up the case. It was one of the organization’s first major homicide investigations and the bureau badly bungled the case. In desperation, the young director, J. Edgar Hoover, turned to a former Texas Ranger named Tom White to unravel the mystery. Together with the Osage they began to expose one of the most chilling conspiracies in American history.

This event is part of Lake Forest Reads, our One Book, One Community program. To learn more, visit our Lake Forest Reads page.

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This event is part of Native Voices, the community-wide initiative to illuminate the historic legacy, current lives, and ongoing contributions of Native Americans in Lake Forest and Lake County. For all events, visit the community calendar.

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