Author: David Grann
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0307742482
Category : True Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 417

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#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 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!

Author: Terry P. Wilson
Publisher:
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Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 288

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Explores the effects of oil wealth on the Osage Inidians, focusing on the Osages' interactions with local non-Indians as well as on tribal politics, particularly the cultural and poitical right between full-bloods and mixed bloods that continues to the present day. Also documents the lawlessness, corruption, and occasional violence, arguing that the notorious happenings in the 1920s were part of a long history of systematic exploitation of the Osages.

Author: Lawrence Mills
Publisher:
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Category : Five Civilized Tribes
Languages : en
Pages : 1410

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Author: Louis F. Burns
Publisher: University of Alabama Press
ISBN: 0817350187
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 594

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Louis Burns draws on ancestral oral traditions and research in a broad body of literature to tell the story of the Osage people. He writes clearly and concisely, from the Osage perspective. First published in 1989 and for many years out of print, this revised edition is augmented by a new preface and maps. Because of its masterful compilation and synthesis of the known data, A History of the Osage People continues to be the best reference for information on an important American Indian people.

Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Interior and Insular Affairs
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 218

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Author: United States. Superintendent of Documents
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 2320

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Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Subcommittee on Indian Affairs
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Category : Indians of North America
Languages : en
Pages : 192

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Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Indian Affairs
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Category : Osage Indians
Languages : en
Pages : 74

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Author: United States U.S. Congress. House. Committee on Indian affairs
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 74

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Author: United States. Dept. of the Interior
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 354

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