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Richard Barry
1881–1958
A journalist, dramatist, and screenwriter from the early 20th century, this versatile American writer moved easily between reportage, fiction, and the stage. His work ranges from books on war and public life to novels and early film writing, giving a vivid glimpse of a fast-changing era.
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Port Arthur : a monster heroism
by Richard Barry
About the author
Born in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, on September 10, 1881, Richard Barry built a wide-ranging career as an author and journalist. Early in the 1900s he published reported books including The Events Man, about war correspondent Stanley Washburn, and later wrote What Women Have Actually Done Where They Vote, showing his interest in current affairs and public debate.
Barry also worked in theater and the early film industry, and reference sources describe him as a screenwriter, theatrical producer, and novelist as well as a journalist. Science fiction readers may know him for The Fruit of the Desert, a 1920 novel later noted by The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction.
His bibliography reflects an unusually flexible career: nonfiction, fiction, drama, and screen work all sit side by side. Richard Barry died in 1958, leaving behind the record of a writer who was clearly at home wherever stories and ideas were moving fastest.