Frances Dinkelspiel: 2 books
Tangled Vines
Greed, Murder, Obsession, and an Arsonist in the Vineyards of California
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2015
On October 12, 2005, a massive fire broke out in the Wines Central wine warehouse in Vallejo, California. Within hours, the flames had destroyed 4.5 million bottles of California's finest wine worth more than $250 million, making it the largest destruction of wine in history. The fire had been deliberately...
Towers of Gold
How One Jewish Immigrant Named Isaias Hellman Created California
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2010
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. In Frances Dinkelspiel's groundbreaking history, the early...