GRANN, DAVID - Killers of the Flower Moon the Osage Murders and the Birth of the Fbi

NY: Doubleday, 2017. First Edition. Hardcover. 9780385542487; Very minor wear and soil on the sound, 'tho a little, cocked binding. Contents are almost as new, with no writing or other entries on the text. DJ is amost as new, clean and unworn, with printed price. ; First Printing of the FIRST EDITION, 2017. 9-1/2" Tall, X + 338pp. Very light pink boards, medium red spine, bright gold spine lettering. Map endpapers. HISTORY. "In KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON, David Grann revisits a shocking series of crimes in which dozens of people were murdered in cold blood. Back in the 1920s Osage Indians in Oklahoma were being killed off one by one. As the death toll climbed to more than twenty-four, the relatively new FBI took over and the young director, J. Edgar Hoover, turned to a former Texas Ranger, Tom White, to unravel the mystery and , together with the Osage, they began to expose one of the most chilling conspiracies in American history. This book is a masterpiece of narrative nonfiction, as each step in the investigation reveals a series of sinister secrets and reversals. "... Over 75 b/w photos are scattered throughout the text. Bibliography.. Very Good in Near Fine dust jacket .