We will be discussing "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann. Copies of this month's book can be picked up from the West Indianapolis Branch. Adults are invited to this monthly book discussion program, which is free and open to everyone! We meet the second Monday of the month.
Following the discussion we will be voting on the book club choice for May.
Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann is available as a print book, a large print book, an e-book, a downloadable audiobook, and as a Book Club Kit in The Library's collection. It is also available in Spanish.
"In the 1920s, the richest people per capita in the world were members of the Osage Indian nation in Oklahoma. After oil was discovered beneath their land, they 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... In Killers of the Flower Moon, David Grann revisits a shocking series of crimes in which dozens of people were murdered in cold blood. Based on years of research and startling new evidence, the book is a masterpiece of narrative nonfiction, as each step in the investigation reveals a series of sinister secrets and reversals. But more than that, it is a searing indictment of the callousness and prejudice toward American Indians that allowed the murderers to operate with impunity for so long."
The first West Indianapolis Branch opened in 1897, following the annexation of West Indianapolis into the city of Indianapolis. A new building on West Morris Street, constructed with funds from a $120,000 grant by the Andrew Carnegie Foundation, opened in 1912 and served the community until 1986, when the current 5,000-square-foot branch began service on South Kappes Street.