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

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]

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

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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

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  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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