If a reader like me who is so far away from the USA becomes sad, gloomy and at a loss upon knowing this horror, what must have the family members of the murdered Osage members gone through and endured? If my blood boiled for the lack of justice in a place I have not even heard of, what must they have gone through for not getting any answers even after a century? The Osage must have felt they were better while living in the wilderness than coming under the shadow of the constitution that has only failed them.
This is a book everybody should read. This is a book about what humans can do to other humans even in civilized society when Governments turn a blind eye to the sufferings of a section of people. It is absolutely heart wrenching that Indians, to whom the very lands belong to, were subjected to such injustice by the greedy and such indifference by the government. What would have our World been if not for
This book is bound to change you, instigate you and silence you for a very long time. The fact that this is as good as an edge of the seat thriller is an added bonus. The author did a fantastic job in presenting the story in form of 2 layers. There is always a something that meets the eye(the investigations, trials, organizations etc) and then the "layer" that everyone misses.
by nk127