A True Story of Oil, Greed, and Murder on the Osage Reservation Dennis McAuliffe
In the 1920's, oil production on the Osage reservation transformed the tribe into the wealthiest population in the world. Strangers descended upon the region, courting and wedding young Osage women. Many of these new brides died mysteriously. In this searing memoir, journalist McAuliffe researches the death of his grandmother and realizes that his own grandfather may have engineered her death.