American Ghost

American Ghost

AngličtinaEbook
Nordhaus, Hannah
HARPERCOLLINS
EAN: 9780062249234
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American Ghost is a &quote;gripping mystery, moving family confessional, and chilling ghost story&quote; (New York Times bestselling author Karen Abbott).&quote;Journalist Hannah Nordhaus braids personal memoir with historical research and resolute ghost hunting in a narrative that investigates the restless spirit of her great-great-grandmother Julia Schuster Staab.&quote; -Boston GlobeLa Posada-&quote;place of rest&quote;-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-siecle 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.&quote;A haunting story about the long reach of the past.&quote; -Maureen Corrigan, NPR'S Fresh Air&quote;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.&quote; -People
EAN 9780062249234
ISBN 0062249231
Typ produktu Ebook
Vydavatel HARPERCOLLINS
Datum vydání 10. března 2015
Stránky 352
Jazyk English
Země Uruguay
Autoři Nordhaus, Hannah