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For Fans of Killers of the Flower Moon
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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...
2) Killers of the flower moon: the Osage murders and the birth of the FBI : adapted for young readers
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Crown Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2021]
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English
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The Reign of Terror against the Osage people was one of history's most ruthless and shocking crimes. As the Wild West was dying, someone was killing members of the Osage nation who had gotten rich off the oil under their land. Investigators who tried to uncover the truth were disappearing, but still J. Edgar Hoover asked a former Texas Ranger to work with the Osage to unravel the mystery.
1920s Oklahoma. The richest people per capita in the world...
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Vintage Español, una división de Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2019.
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Español
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A principios de la década de 1920, los miembros de la nación indígena de los Osage, en Oklahoma, se convirtieron en las personas más ricas del mundo. Tras descubrirse enormes depósitos de petróleo bajo su reserva, los Osage vivían en mansiones, vestían con pieles y joyas costosas, viajaban en automóviles con chofer y tenían sirvientes blancos. Pero pronto, los Osage comenzaron a desaparecer misteriosamente o a morir asesinados, uno tras...
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