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Author

Dinkelspiel, Frances.

Title Towers of gold : how one Jewish immigrant named Isaias Hellman created California / Frances Dinkelspiel.

Imprint

New York : St. Martin's Press, 2008.

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Location		Call No.	Status
GDL Central Library Glendale History Room Reference		92 Hellman,I DIN	Available
GDL Central Library Non-Fiction		92 Hellman,I DIN	Available

Edition	1st ed.
Description	viii, 376 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (p. [355]-360) and index.
Contents	Introduction -- Panic -- New names, new lives -- Coming to Los Angeles -- A safe and a dream -- Marriage -- The Farmers and Merchants Bank -- The railroad -- Prosperity -- Transformation -- The Nevada Bank -- A death threat -- Trolleys and water -- Betrayal -- Wells Fargo -- Earthquake and fire -- Graft and cash -- Change -- War and anti-semitism -- The light fades -- Epilogue.
Subject	Hellman, Isaias W. (Isaias William), 1842-1920.
	Jews -- California -- Los Angeles -- Biography.
	Jews, German -- California -- Los Angeles -- Biography.
	Jewish bankers -- California -- Los Angeles -- Biography.
	Capitalists and financiers -- California -- Los Angeles -- Biography.
	Banks and banking -- California -- History -- 19th century.
	Banks and banking -- California -- History -- 20th century.
ISBN	9780312355265 : $29.95
	0312355262