#1\u00a0NEW YORK TIMES<\/i>\u00a0BESTSELLER \u2022 A twisting, haunting true-life murder mystery about one of the most monstrous crimes in American history, from the\u00a0author of\u00a0The Wager<\/i>\u00a0and\u00a0The Lost City of Z,\u00a0<\/i>\u201cone of the preeminent adventure and true-crime writers working today.”\u2014New York Magazine \u2022\u00a0<\/i>NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST\u00a0\u2022\u00a0<\/i>NOW\u00a0A MARTIN SCORSESE PICTURE<\/p>\n
\u201cA shocking whodunit\u2026What more could fans of true-crime thrillers ask?\u201d\u2014USA Today<\/i><\/p>\n
\u201cA masterful work of literary journalism crafted with the urgency of a mystery.\u201d\u00a0\u2014The Boston Globe<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
Mint copy paperback as issued, signed on the title page by David Grann. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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