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WOODS HOLE PUBLIC LIBRARY: Social Justice Book Group’s

August 21, 2019 @ 7:30 pm

The library’s Social Justice Book Group’s next book is “Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann.” The group will meet at the library on Wednesday, August 21 at 7:30 p.m. Copies of the book await the borrower at the library. Eight Cousins also has a supply in store for sale. Although the library’s group does not usually focus on such main-stream titles, the story of injustice in this book is compelling. It has been described as “a twisting, haunting true-life murder mystery about one of the most monstrous crimes in American history.” 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 surpassed more than twenty-four Osage, the newly created FBI took up the case in what became one of the organization’s first major homicide investigations. The young director, J. Edgar Hoover, turned to a former Texas Ranger to try to unravel the mystery. They put together an undercover team, and together with the Osage began to expose one of the most chilling conspiracies in American history. This Book Group is open to the public; all are welcome. For more information, visit the library’s website at www.woodsholepubliclibrary.org.

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Date:
August 21, 2019
Time:
7:30 pm

Venue

Woods Hole Public Library
581 Woods Hole Road
Woods Hole, MA 02543
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Phone:
(508) 548-8961
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