American Ghost: A Family's Extraordinary History on the Desert Frontier
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Book Overview "A haunting story about the long reach of the past."--Maureen Corrigan, NPR'S Fresh Air"In this intriguing book, [Nordhaus] shares her jo...
"A haunting story about the long reach of the past."--Maureen Corrigan, NPR'S Fresh Air
"In this intriguing book, [Nordhaus] shares her journey to discover who her immigrant ancestor really was--and what strange alchemy made the idea of her linger long after she was gone." --People
La Posada--"place of rest"--was once a grand Santa Fe mansion. It belonged to Abraham and Julia Staab, who emigrated from Germany in the mid-nineteenth century. After they died, the house became a hotel. And in the 1970s, the hotel acquired a resident ghost--a sad, dark-eyed woman in a long gown. Strange things began to happen there: vases moved, glasses flew, blankets were ripped from beds. Julia Staab died in 1896--but her ghost, they say, lives on.
In American Ghost, Julia's great-great-granddaughter, Hannah Nordhaus, traces her ancestor's transfiguration from nineteenth-century Jewish bride to modern phantom. Family diaries, photographs, and newspaper clippings take her on a riveting journey through three hundred years of German history and the American immigrant experience. With the help of historians, genealogists, family members, and ghost hunters, she weaves a masterful, moving story of fin-de-si
Book Details Format: Paperback | Pages: 352 | Language: English | Publisher: PERENNIAL | ISBN: 0062249207
FormatPaperback
Pages352
LanguageEnglish
ISBN0062249207
EAN9780062249203
PublisherPERENNIAL
Publication Date2023-06-27
EditionReprint
AccessoriesNo Accessory
ConditionNew
Product TypeQUALITY PAPERBACK BOOKS
Weight0.6 Pounds
Length8.0 Inches
Width5.3 Inches
Height0.9 Inches
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