"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"--
- ISBN10 0062249207
- ISBN13 9780062249203
- Publish Date 8 March 2016 (first published 10 March 2015)
- Publish Status Active
- Imprint Harper Perennial
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 352
- Language English