Bibliograph

American ghost, a family's haunted past in the desert southwest, Hannah Nordhaus

Type

Label

American ghost, a family's haunted past in the desert southwest, Hannah Nordhaus

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 314-320)

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

American ghost

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

904141591

Responsibility statement

Hannah Nordhaus

Sub title

a family's haunted past in the desert southwest

Summary

In this spellbinding exploration of myth, family history, and the American West, the award-winning journalist and author of The Beekeeper's LamentAmerican GhostAmerican Ghost is a touching journey of roots and memory, a story of pioneer women and immigrants, villains and visionaries, frontier fortitude and mental illness, imagination and lore. As she follows the strands of Julia's life, Nordhaus discovers a larger tale of how a true-life story becomes a ghost story--and how difficult it can be to separate history from myth

Target audience

adult

Classification

Creator