Autobiography of a Los Angeles Newspaperman 1874-1900

by William Andrew Spalding

Spalding's colorful autobiography, first published in 1961, provides a valuable account of Los Angeles journalism--and Los Angeles history--during a formative period.

As a young man barely in his twenties, William Andrew Spalding arrived in Los Angeles in 1874 and obtained his first job on the Herald by writing an editorial on the dilapidated state of the Plaza. From that date to 1900 his life was intimately associated with...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0873282299
• ISBN13: 9780873282291
• Release Date: August 2007
• Publisher: Huntington Library Press
• Length: 156 Pages
• Weight: 0.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.3" x 9.0"