Litquake: CA History Panel (10/6/2009)

Duration

1:04:58

Frances Dinkelspiel, Author, Towers of Gold
Ethan Rarick, Author, Desperate Passage: The Donner Party's Perilous Journey
Rick Wartzman, Author, Obscene in the Extreme: The Burning and Banning of John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath
Julia Flynn Siler, Author, House of Mondavi - Moderator

Truth really can be more intriguing than fiction. California was built on big personalities, intrigue, scandal and drama. Now, ripped from the headlines of our past, these shapers of our Golden State come to life in three groundbreaking new books. The authors reveal the new details they discovered to turn history into a great story.

This program was recorded in front of a live audience at The Commonwealth Club on October 6, 2009.

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