{"product_id":"9780062249203","title":"American Ghost: A Family's Extraordinary History on the Desert Frontier","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNordhaus, Hannah\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHarper Perennial\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e3\/8\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A haunting story about the long reach of the past.”—Maureen Corrigan, NPR’S Fresh Air\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“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\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLa 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 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-siècle Europe and pioneer life, villains and visionaries, medicine and spiritualism, imagination and truth, exploring how lives become legends, and what those legends tell us about who we are.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow does a nineteenth-century German bride become a twenty-first-century ghost?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eA Paranormal Investigation:\u003c\/b\u003e The author joins ghost hunters, psychics, and mediums at the haunted La Posada hotel, digging into the strange events that have kept her ancestor’s story alive.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eDeep Genealogical Research:\u003c\/b\u003e Follow a trail of family diaries, newspaper clippings, and historical archives from the dusty Southwest back to nineteenth-century Germany to uncover the real Julia Staab.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eA Journalist’s Memoir:\u003c\/b\u003e As Julia’s great-great-granddaughter, Hannah Nordhaus weaves her own personal journey of discovery into the historical tapestry of her family’s hidden past.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe American West:\u003c\/b\u003e Explore the rough-and-tumble world of territorial Santa Fe, where Jewish merchants like Abraham Staab built fortunes and European brides confronted a strange and unforgiving new world.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46829026017535,"sku":"9780062249203","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/9780062249203_s600x595.jpg?v=1779894809","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/de\/products\/9780062249203","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}