American ghost a family's haunted past in the desert southwest
"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 ho...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Harper, an imprint of HarpercollinsPublishers,
[2015]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| 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"-- |
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| Physical Description: | 320 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 314-320). |
| ISBN: | 0062249215 9780062249210 |
