freelance journalist and author
Freelance journalist and author of Striking Gridiron: A Town’s Pride and a Team’s Shot at Glory During the Biggest Strike in American History
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Greg Nichols
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The Doughnut King of Southern California Dunkin’ Donuts is an East Coast food chain that’s trying to establish itself in California. Two previous efforts haves been held back by a network of independent doughnut stores in mini-malls all over the state. They’re owned and operated by Cambodian immigrants — the successors of an enterprising character who’s won fortunes and lost them, named Ted Ngoy. He’s the subject of a story in the California Sunday Magazine called, “ Dunkin' and the Doughnut King ,” by Greg Nichols, author of, Striking Gridiron : A Town’s Pride ad Teams Shot at Glory During the Biggest Strike in American History.
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