The Twaining of America
Pittsburgh: Dorrance Publishing Company, Inc., 1999. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. xiii, 348, [6] pages. Illustrations. Chapter Notes. Bibliography. Index. List of Illustrations and Credits. DJ has slight wear and soiling. Inscribed by the author with his name as well as pseudonym on the fep. Inscription reads: For Lucida Mason with best regards from John Barnard aka B. J. Fiske. John F. Barnard was a budget and financial officer with the National Security Agency and the Navy’s Bureau of Supplies and Accounts. He died at the age of 94. Mr. Barnard began his federal career in 1947 with the post-World War II military government in Germany, where he negotiated trade agreements with other nations. He joined the Foreign Service in 1949, the NSA in 1953 and the Navy Department in 1960. He retired in 1970. John Fiske Bernard was born in Los Angeles, and he graduated from Yale University in 1940. In 1959, he received a master’s degree in business administration from American University. During World War II, he worked for Douglas Aircraft and helped start an aircraft production factory in Oklahoma City. In 1999, Mr. Barnard wrote a book, “The Twaining of America,” under the pseudonym of B.J. Fiske. It was about the coming together of races and ethnicities in 19th-century America. More