American ghost, a family's haunted past in the desert southwest, Hannah Nordhaus
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American ghost, a family's haunted past in the desert southwest, Hannah Nordhaus
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eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 314-320)
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no index present
Literary form
non fiction
Main title
American ghost
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bibliography
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Hannah Nordhaus
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a family's haunted past in the desert southwest
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
Table of contents
Family tree -- Aura of sadness -- A dress of black satin -- The prairie ocean -- Good-time town -- Promised land -- Book of prayer -- Broncho maneuvers -- Brick and mortar -- Other speculations -- Four letters -- The upper ten -- The great Pacific -- Men could not move her -- Proper girl -- Region of insanity -- Low season -- Schustergarten -- The merchant prince -- Princess Goldenhair -- Boodle and payola -- Tale of woe -- The angel of Neuhaus -- Other moments contribute -- Destination camp -- Her long rest -- Bequest -- Diaspora -- Map of the world -- At famous La Posada -- The record of waht was -- Dust Acknowledgemtns -- A note on sources -- Bibliography -- Photography credits
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