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John Price Jones
1877–1964
Best known for writing about propaganda, espionage, and public opinion in the years around World War I, this American author also helped shape the early business of large-scale fundraising and public relations.
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 Pennsylvania in 1877, John Price Jones was a writer, journalist, and publicist whose career moved between publishing, war-era publicity, and organized fundraising. Archival records from Harvard identify him as a 1902 graduate, and later collections describe the company that bore his name as an early pioneer in fundraising for educational, civic, and charitable causes.
As an author, he is closely associated with books such as America Entangled (1917), The German Secret Service in America, 1914–1918 (1918), and later At the Bar of Public Opinion, which reflects his interest in how institutions speak to the public and earn trust. His work sits at an interesting crossroads of journalism, persuasion, and modern public relations.
Jones died in 1964. While not a household name today, he remains a notable figure for readers interested in World War I-era nonfiction, the history of propaganda, and the beginnings of professional fundraising in the United States.