Not Enough Moonlight

David Grann tells a fascinating true tale of oil-rich Native Americans in Osage County, Oklahoma and the murderous corrupt white community who envies their wealth, subjugates them, and steals their money. It’s a difficult puzzle to unravel and an even more difficult one to piece together into a coherent narrative. While Grann understandably focusses on the “reporting,” he falls just short of bringing it fully to life, engaging the visceral human emotions that the events no doubt elicited at the time. However, “Killers of the Flower Moon” is well worth reading and an extremely important slice of American history.

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