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Larry L. Meyer

Larry L. Meyer is an American journalist, author and academic. He is the former editor-in-chief of Westways, the magazine of the Automobile Club of Southern California, and a professor emeritus of journalism at California State University, Long Beach. He is a 1959 cum laude graduate of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), where he was president of his graduate class, and earned a master's degree in journalism at UCLA in 1960.[1]

Larry L. Meyer
Meyer in his garden, 2023
Alma materUniversity of California, Los Angeles
Occupation(s)Journalist, author, writer, educator
Children6
Websitewww.larrylmeyer.com

Meyer is a longtime resident of Huntington Beach, California. In the early 1980s, divorced from a 21-year marriage, Meyer married one of his journalism students.[2] After two children with her and in his late 50s, he retired from teaching to become a stay-at-home father to an unexpected sixth child and to support his wife's career.[3] These experiences became the basis for two of his books, My Summer With Molly and No Paltry Thing,[2][3] both self-published through a small publishing company he founded, Calafia Press.[4]

Bibliography edit

Meyer's books include:

  • Meyer, Larry L. (1975). Shadow of a Continent: The Prize That Lay to the West, 1776. American West Publishing Co. ISBN 0910118620.[5]
  • —— (1977). California Quake. Sherbourne Press. ISBN 0820201340.
  • ——; Kalayjian, Patricia L. (1983). Long Beach: Fortune's Harbor. Continental Heritage Press. ISBN 0932986374.[6]
  • —— (1987). The Complete Works of Marcus Uteris: A Novel. Calafia Press. ISBN 0942273036.
  • —— (1989). My Summer With Molly: The Journal of a Second Generation Father. Calafia Press. ISBN 0942273044.[7]
  • —— (2005). No Paltry Thing: Memoirs of a Geezer Dad. Calafia Press. ISBN 0942273052.[8]
  • Jurmain, Claudia; Lavender, David; —— (2011). Rancho Los Alamitos: Ever Changing, Always the Same. Heyday. ISBN 978-1597141482.[9]

References edit

  1. ^ "Larry L Meyer – Journalism". California State University, Long Beach. Retrieved 2023-01-10.
  2. ^ a b McLellan, Dennis (November 4, 1989). "'My Summer With Molly': A Professor's Tale of True Love". The Los Angeles Times.
  3. ^ a b Sciacca, Mike (November 10, 2005). "Wisdom of a 'geezer dad'". Daily Pilot. The Los Angeles Times.
  4. ^ Meyer describes his self-publishing experiences in Meyer, Larry L. (September 2005). Appelbaum, Judith (ed.). "Geezer Gets Attention". Creating Titles That Spur Sales. Independent Book Publishers Association. Retrieved 2023-01-13.
  5. ^ Reviews of Shadow of a Continent:
  6. ^ Review of Long Beach:
  7. ^ Review of My Summer With Molly:
    • Hagloch, Susan B. (November 15, 1989). "Review". Library Journal. 114 (19): 100.
  8. ^ Reviews of No Paltry Thing:
  9. ^ Reviews of Rancho Los Alamitos:
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