American Ghost A Family's Haunted Past in the Desert Southwest |
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| Author:
| Nordhaus, Hannah |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4104-8203-7 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2015 |
| Publisher: | Cengage Gale
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $32.99 |
Book Description:
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Award-winning journalist Hannah Nordhaus attempts to uncover the truth about her great-great-grandmother, whose ghost is said to haunt an elegant hotel in Santa Fe. Julia Schuster Staab died nearly a century before the hauntings were reported at La Posada, once the grand home of Julia and her Jewish merchant husband. Tracing the strands of Julia's life and unsettled afterlife, Nordhaus delivers a spellbinding exploration of myth, family history, and the American West.
Award-winning journalist Hannah Nordhaus attempts to uncover the truth about her great-great-grandmother, whose ghost is said to haunt an elegant hotel in Santa Fe. Julia Schuster Staab died nearly a century before the hauntings were reported at La Posada, once the grand home of Julia and her Jewish merchant husband. Tracing the strands of Julia's life and unsettled afterlife, Nordhaus delivers a spellbinding exploration of myth, family history, and the American West.