In the 1920s, the richest people per capita in the world were members of the Osage nation in Oklahoma. Then, one by one, the Osage began to be killed off. David Grann revisits a shocking series of crimes in which dozens of people were murdered in cold blood. Based on years of research and startling new evidence, each step in the investigation reveals a series of sinister secrets and reversals. Also, it is a searing indictment of the callousness and prejudice toward Native Americans that allowed the murderers to operate with impunity for so long.
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