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Killers of the Flower Moon

the Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
Jul 15, 2017Rubicat rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
Mr. Grann's research is nothing short of phenomenal. So much detail, so many very personal stories. Once more, I am angry and saddened by the treatment of Native Americans by the white majority. I always try to put myself in everyone's shoes to figure out how one can behave as these folks to and try as I might, I cannot understand how someone can knowingly reduce another person or family to poverty and desperation. And of course, in hindsight it's easy to question the naivete of the Native Americans who allowed strangers, and white ones at that, to manage their entire monetary future - were they partially to blame for this horror of theft and cheating on a large scale. Who knows, but I have been very affected by this book.