Download & Read Now Towers of Gold: How One Jewish Immigrant Named Isaias Hellman Created California Full Online Descriptions 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 days of California are seen through the life of a man who started out as a simple store owner only to become California's premier money-man of the late 19th and early 20th...