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Books by David Grann mentioned on podcasts
David Grann and his books frequently appeared in podcast discussions. On The Joe Rogan Experience, Luke Caverns mentioned watching the film adaptation of The Lost City of Z about Percy Fawcett, which inspired his love for ancient history, and Cody Tucker later discussed reading the book alongside Joe Rogan. Rogan also referenced the story behind The Lost City of Z in other episodes with Forrest Galante and Rick Strassman, noting it as a book that became a feature film. Grann's Killers of the Flower Moon was discussed on Stuff They Don't Want You To Know regarding how the assimilation of Native Americans was exploited to rob them of land and oil wealth. Bill Burr mentioned bringing Killers of the Flower Moon on vacation during episodes of his Monday Morning Podcast, describing it as a good summertime read about murders on land made valuable by oil, though he initially struggled to recall the exact title. Additionally, the host of My First Million shared that he was reading Killers of the Flower Moon, focusing on its depiction of Osage Indians in the 1920s.
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Killers of the Flower Moon
Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann is a harrowing work of historical non-fiction examining the systematic murders of wealthy Osage people in Oklahoma during the 1920s and the birth of the FBI.
Discussed“Uh well, in Killers of the Flower Moon, when I was researching that book, uh I discovered that there were many cases that had never been properly investigated by the authorities and that there were these other killings.”
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The Lost City of Z
The Lost City of Z by David Grann is a gripping non-fiction historical account detailing the ill-fated expeditions of British explorer Percy Fawcett into the Amazon rainforest.
Discussed“In Gran's book, chapter 8, Into the Amazon, goes straight from Percy returning to England in 1902 to him then being in Bolivia like 6 or seven years later, which is like where the first adventure from the movie The Lost City of uh Z starts too.”
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The Wager
The Wager by David Grann is a historical non-fiction book detailing the harrowing 18th-century shipwreck of a British naval vessel and the dramatic mutiny and survival trials that followed.
Discussed“And then there's The Wager. I can't think of a single book that more people I know have said that they just read [music] the entire thing from start to finish in one sitting.”
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