Shirley J. Adult Historical Murder Mystery Oil on Osage land, Osage deaths, FBI created to investigate mysterious circumstances, joint effort by FBI and Texas Rangers
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann 416 pages
The one lucky break the Osage got in life was when oil was found on the lands the white politicians had relegated them to. Osage were rich, driving expensive cars, building mansions having massive amounts of cash and the white politicians and citizens in the area determined they were going to take it. Suddenly the now rich Osage were being murdered, always mysteriously, poisoned, shot, etc. and the whites were able to rush in and take over the murdered Osage's assets. As Native American voices rose an investigation was finally launched and so began the office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation under the auspices of J. Edgar Hoover in partnership with the Texas Rangers who set up an undercover investigation team and turned up the facts and details of one of the most horrible events in recent American history. Native Americans, history buffs, conspiracy theorists and all who read this book will find this tragedy to be a horrible reminder of man's unconscionable cruelty and greed driven prejudice to his fellow man. These acts are beyond words to describe. Mature teens on up will understand the level of hatred man can lower himself to.
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