Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI

I’m glad I read this nonfiction account about the murders of the Osage Indians who were murdered for their wealth. I struggled with the writing style as it was a bit dry and there were too many characters to keep track of in the book.

Worth reading

Awesome exposition and description of something that should be general knowledge in every US history class. Why don't we ever talk more critically about the bad parts of Americas past in school? Realizing how little I know about American history started here.

can't help feeling a little unresolved, but that is the whole point. I'm grateful they could be memorialized in this way rather than being lost to history.

I don't believe there's any speculation over if Ernest really loved Mollie. Maybe I would have in the first half of the book, maybe that's why he was overcome with guilt. But by the end? No. His ghost could appear to me and tell me he loved her, I wouldn't care. He didn't. Not in any way that redeems him.

Was also more enamored by Tom White than I expected to be. A real cowboy. Everybody boo Hoover. booooooooooooooo

I had seen reporting that the Osage nation preferred the book to the movie and I'm glad I read it first. I'm surprisingly tempted to sit through all four hours of movie now. I'm also hoping to read some of the other books he referenced on the topic. Can't recommend this book more

This non-fiction book truly shows me everyone took from the Indians... Including some of their own. Those who claim they're friends, are wolves in sheeps clothing. Sad how a white man or woman marries an Indian they're usually going to kill then for their land and riches.