01538cam a2200301 i 4500 513099360 TxAuBib 20150317120000.0 150316s2015||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u bl2015006014 9780062249210 0062249215 (OCoLC)881139522 YDXCP eng rda YDXCP BTCTA OCLCQ BDX OCLCQ UPZ SNM OCO ZHB PAP PROM TxAuBib rda Nordhaus, Hannah. American ghost : a family's haunted past in the desert southwest / Hannah Nordhaus. New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarpercollinsPublishers, [2015] 320 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 314-320). "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. 20150317. Nordhaus, Hannah Family. Staab, Julia Schuster 1844-1896. Ghosts New Mexico Santa Fe.