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Reading Oklahoma History - Bookcast Newsletter
Looking for More Oklahoma History?
Hey there Reader,
The release of the film adaptation of Killers of the Flower Moon has turned a lot of eyes to Oklahoma History. If you're interested in reading more about the wild story of our state, here are a ton of books and authors focused on telling the Oklahoma Story from a variety of perspectives.
BTW - You can listen to me and the guys from Special Topics in Media discuss Killers of the Flower Moon as a book adaptation on a special episode of the Bookcast.
- Everything by Bob Burke - With over 150 books, Bob is one of our most prolific historians and authors.
- The Oklahomans (Vol 1. and Vol. 2) - John W. Dwyer
- Black Gun, Silver Star: The Life and Legend of Frontier Marshal Bass Reeves - Art T. Burton
- Boom Town: The Fantastical Saga of Oklahoma City, its Chaotic Founding... its Purloined Basketball Team, and the Dream of Becoming a World-class Metropolis - Sam Anderson
- The 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre: A Photographic History - Dr. Karlos K. Hill
- This Land Is Herland: Gendered Activism in Oklahoma from the 1870s to the 2010s - Sarah Eppler Janda and Patricia Loughlin
- The Oklahoma Land Rush of 1889 - Stan Hoig
- Route 66 in Oklahoma (Images of America) - Joe Sonderman and Jim Ross
- Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI - David Grann
On The Okie Bookcast this month:
- Author Vanessa Lillie (11/7)
- Was the Book Better? w/ Jamie Ray (11/14)
- TBA (11/21)
- Your Next Great Read w/ Lydia Filiou (11/28)
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Go find something good to read!
J
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