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American ghost : a family's haunted past in the desert southwest / Hannah Nordhaus.

Nordhaus, Hannah, (author.).

Summary:

"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"--provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0062249215
  • ISBN: 9780062249210
  • Physical Description: 320 pages : illustrations, maps, genealogical table ; 24 cm
  • Edition: First edition
  • Publisher: New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarpercollinsPublishers, [2015]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 314-320).
Formatted Contents Note:
1 Aura of Sadness 1 -- 2 A Dress of Black Satin 18 -- 3 Prairie Ocean 34 -- 4 Good-Time Town 41 -- 5 Promised Land 47 -- 6 Book of Prayer 59 -- 7 Broncho Maneuvers 64 -- 8 Bricks and Mortar 77 -- 9 Other Speculation 88 -- 10 Four Letters 98 -- 11 Upper Ten 111 -- 12 Great Pacific 123 -- 13 Men Could Not Move Her 131 -- 14 Proper Girl 149 -- 15 Region of Insanity 154 -- 16 Low Season 164 -- 17 Schustergarter 175 -- 18 Merchant Prince 182 -- 19 Princess Goldenhair 191 -- 20 Boodle and Payola 198 -- 21 Tale of Woe 205 -- 22 Angel of Neuhaus 212 -- 23 Other moments Contribute 220 -- 24 Destination Camp 227 -- 25 Her Long Rest 242 -- 26 Bequest 249 -- 27 Diaspora 257 -- 28 Map of the World 266 -- 29 At famous La Posada 272 -- 30 Record of what was 285 -- 31 Dust 291.
Subject:
Nordhaus, Hannah > Family.
Ghosts > New Mexico > Santa Fe.

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