{"product_id":"9780873282291","title":"Autobiography of a Los Angeles Newspaperman 1874-1900","description":"\u003cp\u003eAs a young man barely in his twenties, William Andrew Spalding arrived in Los Angeles in 1874 and obtained his first job on the \u003ci\u003eHerald \u003c\/i\u003eby writing an editorial on the dilapidated state of the Plaza. From that date to 1900 his life was intimately associated with the newspapers of his city—the \u003ci\u003eExpress \u003c\/i\u003eand the \u003ci\u003eTimes, \u003c\/i\u003eas well as the \u003ci\u003eHerald\u003c\/i\u003e—and he worked in almost every capacity for them: reporter, business manager, and editor.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSpalding worked for the \u003ci\u003eTimes \u003c\/i\u003eduring its formative years when Harrison Gray Otis, the champion of conservatism, fought organized labor, and Spalding helped the \u003ci\u003eTimes \u003c\/i\u003ethrough its initial great fight, the \"big strike\" of 1890. His strong sense of justice and social responsibility led him repeatedly into political reforms and moved him to organize, with others, the Orange Growers' Union, which later became the California Fruit Growers Exchange—better known as Sunkist Growers. Spalding's colorful autobiography, first published in 1961, provides a valuable account of Los Angeles journalism—and Los Angeles history—during a formative period.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Huntington Library Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47022310293744,"sku":"9780873282291","price":20.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780873282291_p0.jpg?v=1763832344","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780873282291","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}