Read July 2021 - Zoom Reading Circle
This was a very good book - but a hard story to read about. Just another reminder of the systemic racism this nation was built on. These are stories that need to be told... white people don't know these stories and there are, sadly, so many. My reading circle group read this book the same month as The Day the World Came to Town. We reflected that those two books showed the best of humanity and the worst of humanity. Thank goodness there are good people with courage and wisdom and curiosity to follow through...
Killers of the Flower Moon tells about a time and place in history that I really knew nothing about. In the 1920's the members of the Osage Nation in Oklahoma were the richest people, per capita, in the world. The US had relegated the people of the Osage Nation to what was considered worthless land, but when it became incredibly valuable with the discovery of oil, nearby townspeople literally killed to take it over. A former Texas ranger named Tom White came to the area to investigate and was able to expose, and arrest, many of those responsible for the heinous crimes. But oh, the damage that was done.
Quote from the book...
I don't know a single Osage family which didn't lose at least one family member because of the head rights.
Killers of the Flower Moon - book trailer
Reign of Terror - Murder and Mayhem in the Osage Hills - OETP
Killers of the Flower Moon author David Grann answers your questions - PBS Newshour
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