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John Price Jones
1877–1964
A journalist turned pioneering fundraiser, he wrote vivid early accounts of World War I politics and espionage in America. His work blends reporting instincts with a feel for the high-stakes public battles of his time.
2 Audiobooks
The German Spy in America The Secret Plotting of German Spies in the United States and the Inside Story of the Sinking of the Lusitania
by John Price Jones
The German Secret Service in America 1914-1918
by John Price Jones, Paul M. (Paul Merrick) Hollister
About the author
Born in 1877, John Price Jones was an American writer, journalist, and fundraising pioneer. Harvard archival records describe him as a 1902 Harvard graduate who worked as a reporter and writer before World War I, then joined New York's Liberty Loan Committee in 1917 and went on to build one of the early major fundraising firms for educational, civic, and charitable causes.
As an author, he is best known for America Entangled in 1917 and for co-authoring The German Secret Service in America, 1914-1918 with Paul Merrick Hollister, a 1918 book on German espionage and influence operations in the United States during the war. His books reflect the urgency of the World War I era and the perspective of someone deeply involved in public persuasion and national campaigns.
Jones's wider career helps explain the tone of his writing: alongside journalism, he became an important figure in modern fundraising, with records linking him to Liberty Loan publicity work and later major university campaigns, including Harvard's. He died in 1964.