Table Of Content

Cover Page: iii Other Titles Page: iii Title Page Page: v Copyright Page: vi Dedication Page: vii Contents Page: viii Chronicle One: The Marked Woman Page: 1 1 The Vanishing Page: 4 2 An Act of God or Man? Page: 17 3 King of the Osage Hills Page: 25 4 Underground Reservation Page: 37 5 The Devil’s Disciples Page: 56 6 Million Dollar Elm Page: 70 7 This Thing of Darkness Page: 81 Chronicle Two: The Evidence Man Page: 100 8 Department of Easy Virtue Page: 102 9 The Undercover Cowboys Page: 113 10 Eliminating the Impossible Page: 119 11 The Third Man Page: 126 12 A Wilderness of Mirrors Page: 133 13 A Hangman’s Son Page: 137 14 Dying Words Page: 151 15 The Hidden Face Page: 157 16 For the Betterment of the Bureau Page: 164 17 The Quick-Draw Artist, the Yegg, and the Soup Man Page: 171 18 The State of the Game Page: 179 19 A Traitor to His Blood Page: 196 20 So Help You God! Page: 213 21 The Hot House Page: 225 Chronicle Three: The Reporter Page: 239 22 Ghostlands Page: 240 23 A Case Not Closed Page: 256 24 Standing in Two Worlds Page: 265 25 The Lost Manuscript Page: 275 26 Blood Cries Out Page: 280 Acknowledgments Page: 292 A Note on the Sources Page: 297 Archival and Unpublished Sources Page: 299 Notes Page: 301 Selected Bibliography Page: 325 Illustration Credits Page: 337 About the Author Page: 339

Description:

NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST • NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A twisting, haunting true-life murder mystery about one of the most monstrous crimes in American history, from the author of The Lost City of Z. In the 1920s, the richest people per capita in the world were members of the Osage Nation in Oklahoma. After oil was discovered beneath their land, the Osage 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. One of her relatives was shot. Another was poisoned. And it was just the beginning, as more and more Osage were dying under mysterious circumstances, and many of those who dared to investigate the killings were themselves murdered. As the death toll rose, the newly created FBI took up the case, and the young director, J. Edgar Hoover, turned to a former Texas Ranger named Tom White to try to unravel the mystery. White put together an undercover team, including a Native American agent who infiltrated the region, and together with the Osage began to expose one of the most chilling conspiracies in American history. Look for David Grann’s new book, The Wager, coming in April 2023!