Towers of Gold: How One Jewish Immigrant Named Isaias Hellman Created California by Frances Dinkelspiel

Towers of Gold: How One Jewish Immigrant Named Isaias Hellman Created California

Frances Dinkelspiel

376 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

nonfiction biography history emotional informative medium-paced
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Isaias Hellman, a Jewish immigrant, arrived in California in 1859 with very little money in his pocket and his brother Herman by his side.  By the time he died, he had effectively transformed Los Angeles into the modern metropolis we see today.  I...

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