“impressively researched and engagingly told.”
—The Los Angeles Times
“A marvelous resource, a dramatic story, and a splendid read.”
—San Francisco Chronicle
“This is a must-read for anyone who loves Los Angeles history.”
—Larry Mantle, Airtalk, KPCC FM
“… elegantly restrained prose.”
—San Francisco Magazine
“Towers of Gold is a thorough and compelling portrait of a hugely influential man whose role in the rise of California can hardly be overestimated.”
—William Deverell, Director of the Huntington-USC Institute of California and the West
“Towers of Gold is a vivid portrait of the financier who changed California forever. Attempted stagecoach robberies, an assassination attempt, bank runs, the 1906 earthquake—it’s all here in Frances Dinkelspiel’s meticulously researched and masterly crafted biography. After reading Towers of Gold, you’ll never see downtown Los Angeles or San Francisco’s financial district in quite the same way again.”
—Julia Flynn Siler, author of The House of Mondavi: The Rise and Fall of an American Wine Dynasty, a New York Times bestseller and 2007 by Business Week best book.