{"product_id":"this-haunted-land-reckoning-with-ghosts-and-the-stories-that-shape-america-hardcover","title":"This Haunted Land: Reckoning with Ghosts and the Stories That Shape America - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBetsy Gaines Quammen\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhy do humans need ghosts? And what do our ghosts have to teach us? \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Strikingly original.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eLIBRARY JOURNAL\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review) \u003c\/b\u003e★ \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis Haunted Land\u003c\/i\u003e investigates some of America's most enduring legends and uncovers how ghost stories can illuminate some of the most unsettling parts of history. With curiosity, a touch of skepticism, and an open-hearted willingness to learn from the living and the dead, Betsy Gaines Quammen takes readers on a journey into haunted towns, forgotten lives, and abandoned places. From a once-booming uranium mining community in Colorado to a fort on the coast of Florida that predates the United States itself, this riveting exploration of memory, mourning, folklore, and social anxiety shows that politicized efforts to rewrite history can only be defeated by bearing witness to the specters of the past.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBETSY GAINES QUAMMEN\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eAmerican Zion: \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eCliven Bundy, God, and Public Lands in the West\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTrue West: Myth and Mending on the Far Side of America\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Reading the West Book Award. Her writing has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNew York Daily News\u003c\/i\u003e, and History News Network. She holds a PhD from Montana State University and lives in Montana with her husband, writer David Quammen, and a bunch of scaly and furry rescued critters.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 250\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.4 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 01, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46184729215020,"sku":"9798890920478","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/6260\/8940\/files\/MNJhPjp6RZ9798890920478.webp?v=1789609829","url":"https:\/\/littleredgeneralstore.com\/products\/this-haunted-land-reckoning-with-ghosts-and-the-stories-that-shape-america-hardcover","provider":"Little Red General Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}