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Frances Dinkelspiel is a freelance writer whose work has appeared in the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, People Magazine and elsewhere. She is the co-founder of Berkeleyside, an award-winning news site. Her newest book is Tangled Vines: Greed, Murder, Obsession, and an Arsonist in the Vineyards of California. Her first book was the bestselling, award-winning Towers of Gold: How One Jewish Immigrant Named Isaias Hellman Created California.

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	Tangled Vines: Greed, Murder, Obsession, and an Arsonist in the Vineyards of California 3.83 avg rating — 1,335 ratings — published 2015 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Towers of Gold: How One Jewish Immigrant Named Isaias Hellman Created California 4.07 avg rating — 289 ratings — published 2008 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	History: Unknown Los Angeles (2009): Los Angeles Times Festival of Books by Frances Dinkelspiel (Goodreads Author), William Deverell (Narrator), Chip Jacobs (Goodreads Author) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	[Towers of Gold: How One Jewish Immigrant Named Isaias Hellman Created California] [By: Dinkelspiel, Frances] [January, 2010] by Frances Dinkelspielances, Frances Dinkelspiel (Goodreads Author), Unknown Author 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Violence in the Vineyards

Violence in the Vineyards

When Pope Francis made Father Junipero Serra a saint at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington D.C. on Wednesday Sept. 23, it cast light on the brutal history and treatment of Native Americans during the Mission period.

But Californians shouldn’t sit back smugly and think that violence against Indians was just a problem of the Francis Read more of this blog post »

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I loved this book from the very beginning. It taught me so much about Soviet history, the Jewish experience in WWII, and the history of conflict between Russia and Ukraine. "Your Presence in Mandatory" starts in 2007 when Yefin Shulman, an old Ukrani ...more
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“Why should you care about fine wine?” Kramer wrote. “The answer is surprisingly simple: Fine wine can—and indeed will—expand your world. It broadens and deepens the reach of your senses. It can help soften the rough edges of daily life and even remind you that beauty exists in moments when it seems least likely to penetrate your daily life.”
― Frances Dinkelspiel, Tangled Vines: Greed, Murder, Obsession, and an Arsonist in the Vineyards of California

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