I had seen previews for the movie Killers of the Flower Moon and meant to see it and then forgot about it. Then one night I saw Martin Scorsese on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and really enjoyed his interview and I was reminded that I wanted to make time to see this movie and then forgot about it again. Then one day I was at the library with my wife, Karen G Clemenson, looking for books and I found Killers of the Flower Moon in the juvenile section while picking out books for my 5 Books for February 2024 article and I decided to grab it.
When I went up to check out my books I told the librarian I was surprised to find this book in the children’s section and she pointed out that this was a book edited for children and wanted to know if I still wanted it. Since the book my wife wanted, was not available and she was going to place a hold on it for us, I asked her to do the same for the adult version of Killers of the Flower Moon The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann.
First off my impression of the book, based on what I had not really paid attention to in the previews for the movie needed to be thrown out the window. This is not a love story between a white man and an Osage woman. This is a true crime nonfiction story that really happened. This book is about how crooked White officials took advantage of Osage Natives, that had head rights to a lot of oil, in any way they could. Many times that meant murdering them and not investigating anything. Eventually a group out of Virginia, with the largest fingerprint database, and a little bit of training got wind of things and took over to finally find some justice for some of the lost people in Gray Horse, Oklahoma. This group became the FBI.
The story, itself is a little choppy. The details are a bit overwhelming. But the memories must not be lost. We must honor the victims and celebrate where we have gotten better.
I got this book from the Longview Public Library. You can get your own copy of Killers of the Flower Moon The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann on Amazon.
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Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Killers of the Flower Moon The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann was an important read. It was a hard read for someone that doesn’t read true crime stories. But this nonfiction book tells an compelling story in history that is vital, not only to Native American and United States history, but the creation of a policing organization that was necessary when all others were uneducated, corrupt and unable to bring justice to families that had lost so much. You should read this book.
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