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Towers of gold how one Jewish immigrant named Isaias Hellman created California
| Title | Towers of gold how one Jewish immigrant named Isaias Hellman created California |
| Names | Dinkelspiel, Frances. |
| Book Number | DB068746 |
| Title Status | Active |
| Medium | Digital Book |
| Download Link | Downloadable talking book. |
| Annotation | Great-great-granddaughter of Isaias Hellman, California's premier financier of the nineteenth century, uses primary sources to trace Hellman's 1859 immigration to Los Angeles and role in spurring the city's and state's development. Discusses Hellman's leadership, from opening his first bank to investing in transportation, education, land development, utilities, and wine. 2008. |
| Narrator | Bernson, Barry. |
| Local Subject | Adult Book - AD |
| Adult Non-Fiction - AN | |
| Short Book - SH | |
| Biography & Autobiography - BIO | |
| Biography - Historical - BIH | |
| Biography - Economists & Business People - BIE | |
| Jewish Interest - JIN | |
| California history - CAH | |
| California Interest - CAI | |
| History, United States - HUS | |
| History - HST | |
| Audience Notes | Male narrator. |
| LC Subject | Banks and banking - California - History - 19th century |
| Banks and banking - California - History - 20th century |
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| Capitalists and financiers - California - Los Angeles - Biography |
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| Jewish bankers - California - Los Angeles - Biography |
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| Jews - California - Los Angeles - Biography |
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| Jews, German - California - Los Angeles - Biography |
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| Call Number | 979.4940049240092 B ANF |
| Language | English |
| Released | 2008 |
| Publication Info | Washington, D.C. : National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress, 2008 (American Printing House for the Blind, recording studio). |
| Original Publication | Recorded from: New York : St. Martin's Press, 2008. 0312355262 |