Reviews with content warning for Alcoholism - Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI

Very enlightening as to what life in this time period was like. It was basically the last remnants of the wild west, a good reminder that life as we know it is still pretty new and a good example of white supremacy in it's worst forms. It's sad and messed up what was allowed to happen to the Osage, the Us government basically giving white people permission to swindle them, and not doing much when they got murdered.

The murder conspiracy is so wild, on the level of sleepy hollow. The people in this book are interesting too, outlaws, indian chiefs, millionaires and alcoholics, wolves in sheep's clothing. Really interesting book.

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dark informative reflective tense slow-paced

4.5

An Indian Affairs agent said, "The question will suggest itself, which of these people are the savages?"

With clear, considering language David Grann gives a bloody history of the 1920s Reign of Terror on the Osage Tribe of Osage County, Oklahoma. Grann is careful to point out the inherently racist ideologies behind this haunting conspiracy while remaining respectful of Osage people, culture, and traditions. This is a dark, dark book but immensely interesting for its look into a period of time and a series of murders that have been buried in history.

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