Frances Dinkelspiel is the author of Towers of Gold: How One Jewish Immigrant Named Isaias Hellman Created California.
www.francesdinkelspiel.com
www.francesdinkelspiel.com
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- Jewish Community Library
Jewish Community Library
Wednesday, March 4 at 7:30pm - Reading at Keplers Books
Kepler's Books
Tuesday, January 27 at 7:30pm - Forum on KQED with Michael Kra...
KQED 88.5 FM
Tuesday, December 23 at 10:00am - Reading at Metropolis Books
Metropolis Books
Thursday, December 11 at 7:00pm - Clayton Books
Clayton Books
Tuesday, December 9 at 7:00pm - Towers of Gold at Shearith Israel
Congregation Shearith Israel
Tuesday, December 2 at 7:00pm - Isaias Hellman at the Huntingt...
Huntington Library
Friday, November 21 at 7:30pm - Isaias Hellman at the Mechanic...
Mechanics Institute
Tuesday, November 18 at 6:00pm - Reading at Stacey's Books
Stacey's Books
Tuesday, November 18 at 12:30pm - Helen Diller Preschool Book Fair
Books Inc
Thursday, November 13 at 6:00pm
Frances Dinkelspiel I am a little late in announcing this, but Towers of Gold has been named a Best Book of 2009 by the Northern California Independent Booksellers Association. This means posters with the cover of the book will be going up in bookstores around the region.
francesdinkelspiel.blogspot.com
It's no secret that I love independent bookstores. I am down in Los Angeles and yesterday dropped into the new Diesel Bookstore in Brentwood, even though I had spent the previous two days surrounded by authors and books at the LA Times Festival of Books. ...
Frances Dinkelspiel I am happy to announce that Towers of Gold has been nominated for a Northern California Book Award. http://tiny.cc/kgFrS
Isaias Hellman
Time:7:30PM Wednesday, March 4th
Location:Jewish Community Library
Frances Dinkelspiel I will be reading from Towers of Gold at Keplers Books in Menlo Park this week. Please come and say hello.
Frances finally makes it to the Peninsula
Time:7:30PM Tuesday, January 27th
Location:Kepler's Books
Frances Dinkelspiel
Here's a nice review of Towers of Gold from all places ... El Paso. It's not really so strange as Daniel Olivas, a Los Angeles Latino-Jewish writer, wrote the review.
http://www.elpasotimes.com/entertainment
Frances Dinkelspiel I just heard today that Towers of Gold is going into its third printing... that's just two months after it's release.
Frances Dinkelspiel We will be talking about Towers of Gold and the Hellmans on Michael Krasny's how
Hear my cousin Warren Hellman and myself
Time:10:00AM Tuesday, December 23rd
Location:KQED 88.5 FM
Frances Dinkelspiel Towers of Gold is on the San Francisco Chronicle bestseller list for the third week. It has also been on the Marin Independent Journal bestseller list for two weeks. Thanks everyone for buying the book!
Right next door to Isaias Hellman old bank building
Time:7:00PM Thursday, December 11th
Location:Metropolis Books
Frances Dinkelspiel I can't wait to visit this fabulous independent bookstore.
I bring Isaias Hellman to the suburbs
Time:7:00PM Tuesday, December 9th
Location:Clayton Books
Isaias Hellman in New York City
Time:7:00PM Tuesday, December 2nd
Location:Congregation Shearith Israel
Frances Dinkelspiel
The San Francisco Chronicle gave Towers f Gold a front page review in the book section and said the book is "A marvelous resource, a dramatic slice of Western history and a splendid read."
http://sfchronicle.us/cgi-bin/article.cg
That made my Amazon rankings shoot uo to #669.
Frances Dinkelspiel
The Los Angeles Times calls Towers of Gold "impressively researched and engagingly told."
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-
Frances Dinkelspiel
Towers of Gold has made the San Francisco Chronicle best seller list! My thanks to everyone who bought a book or talked about my book to their friends.
http://www.sfgate.com/eguide/books/bests
