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John D. (John Daniel) Barry
1866–1942
A Boston-born novelist and journalist, he built a wide-ranging career in letters and became especially associated with San Francisco’s literary and civic life. His books move between fiction, essays, biography, and cultural commentary, showing a writer interested in both public events and everyday experience.
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The City of Domes : a walk with an architect about the courts and palaces of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, with a discussion of its architecture, its sculpture, its mural decorations, its coloring and its lighting, preceded by a history of its growth
by John D. (John Daniel) Barry
Mademoiselle Blanche: A Novel
by John D. (John Daniel) Barry
The congressman's wife, a story of American politics
by John D. (John Daniel) Barry
About the author
John Daniel Barry was born in Boston on December 31, 1866, and died on November 3, 1942. Contemporary library and archival records describe him as an American journalist and author, and bibliographic sources show that he wrote novels, essays, and criticism across several decades.
His known works include fiction such as Mademoiselle Blanche, The Congressman's Wife, and The Intriguers, along with essay collections like Intimations. He is also remembered for The City of Domes (1915), a book about the Panama-Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco, which reflects his interest in architecture, culture, and public life.
Barry’s name appears often in connection with San Francisco, where he was active as a writer, lecturer, and critic. Near the end of his life, newspaper coverage described him as a notable journalist and author and noted that he was honored in 1942 for work advancing "true Americanism" and opposing prejudice, suggesting the breadth of his public reputation as well as his literary career.