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IL: UG - BL: 8.8 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
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In the 1920s, the richest people per capita in the world were members of the Osage Indian nation in Oklahoma. After oil was discovered beneath their land, they rode in chauffeured automobiles, built mansions, and sent their children to study in Europe. Then, one by one, the Osage began to be killed off. The family of an Osage woman, Mollie Burkhart, became a prime target. Her relatives were shot and poisoned. And it was just the beginning, as more...
2) Killers of the flower moon: the Osage murders and the birth of the FBI : adapted for young readers
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Publisher
Yearling Books, of Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.1 - AR Pts: 11
Physical Desc
xi, 322 pages : illustrations, map, portraits ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"In the 1920s, the richest people per capita in the world were members of the Osage Nation in Oklahoma, thanks to the oil that was discovered beneath their land. Then, one by one, the Osage began to die under mysterious circumstances, and anyone who tried to investigate met the same end. As the death toll surpassed more than twenty-four Osage, the newly created Bureau of Investigation, which became the FBI, took up the case, one of the organization's...
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