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Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
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Start date
January 28, 2022
Finish date
February 11, 2022
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Joe
Why we're reading this
Heard nothing but good things about it. It's going to be turned into a movie by Martin Scorsese. - Snooze…more

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Joe
Feb 07, 2022 rated it it was amazing
"For the love of money is the root of all evil..." ~1 Timothy 6:10

I tend to purchase books that draw my interest almost immediately, only to have sit on my "to read shelf" until...

I wish I had started reading it the day I bought it.

Many non-fiction books are written/read more like a novel as this one does. What makes this book so unique is that the author presents both a multilayered and multifaceted story. At times I was completely immersed in the pageantry of the Osage traditions, their cultu
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Spencer
Anywhoo! On with my final thoughts and review of Killers of a Flower Moon!.

I found this book to take me by surprise. I thought it was jam packed with rich native history that I never thought was imaginable. Yet, it kept its composure and really established why the FBI was necessary. Gruesome descriptions of mutilated bodies, poor scientific methods, racist jurors, and greedy thieves, this book had it all...and here is the kicker...ITS ALL TRUE. Its real, it happened and few people know about it.
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Reagyn S
Mar 02, 2022 rated it really liked it
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