American ghost
Subtitle: a family's haunted past in the desert southwest
By: Hannah Nordhaus
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Harper
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9780062249210
Copyright date: 2015
Subjects: Ghosts; Families; Family
Description: "In American Ghost, Hannah Nordhaus traces the life, death, and unsettled afterlife of her great-great-grandmother Julia, from her childhood in Germany to her years in the American West with her Jewish merchant husband. As she traces the strands of Julia's life, Nordhaus uncovers a larger tale of how a true-life story becomes a ghost story and how difficult it can sometimes be to separate history and myth"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 314-320).
Table of contents: title: Aura of sadness; title: A dress of black satin; title: The prairie ocean; title: Good-time town; title: Promised land; title: Book of prayer; title: Broncho maneuvers; title: Bricks and mortar; title: Other speculations; title: Four letters; title: The upper ten; title: The great Pacific; title: Men could not move her; title: Proper girl; title: Region of insanity; title: Low season; title: Schustergarten; title: The merchant prince; title: Princess Goldenhair; title: Boodle and payola; title: Tale of woe; title: The angel of Neuhaus; title: Other moments contribute; title: Destination camp; title: Her long rest; title: Bequest; title: Diaspora; title: Map of the world; title: At famous La Posada; title: The record of what was; title: Dust.