It looks like you're offline.
Donate
English (en) Change Website Language
Open Library logo
additional options menu
Last edited by bitnapper
September 27, 2023 | History
Edit

Jack Jones

Jack Jones, a Welsh miner, Trade Union official, politician, novelist and playwright, was born at Tai-Harri-Blawdd in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales. During his 20's Jack began to educate himself and develop his love of the theatre and writing. From 1920-1929, Jack was a speaker for the Communist Party, then the Labour Party, and finally the Liberal Party. During the 1930s he made another political change and was a speaker for Oswald Mosley's New Party. In the 1945 election he supported 'National' candidate Sir James Grigg.

By 1934 he had started to earn a living as a writer and went on to write numerous novels, autobiographies and plays. During the Second World War (1939-1945), he was a speaker for the Ministry of Information and the National Savings Movement, and he went on two lecture tours in America and the European battlefronts. In 1948, he was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire for his services to the community and to literature. In February 1970, he won an award from the Arts Council of Wales for 'his distinguished contribution to the literature of Wales'.

Source: Wikipedia)

Photo of Jack Jones

Welsh miner, trade union official, politician and writer (1884-1970)

Born 24 November 1884
Died 7 May 1970

22 works Add another?

Showing all works by author. Would you like to see only ebooks?

  • Cover of: Unfinished journey

    First published in 1937 — 7 editions
    Borrow Listen

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

    Check-In

    ×Close
    Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
    Today
  • Cover of: Bidden to the feast

    First published in 1938 — 4 editions
    Locate

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

    Check-In

    ×Close
    Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
    Today
  • Cover of: Rhondda roundabout

    First published in 1934 — 4 editions
    Locate

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

    Check-In

    ×Close
    Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
    Today
  • Cover of: Black parade

    First published in 1935 — 3 editions
    Locate

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

    Check-In

    ×Close
    Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
    Today
  • Cover of: Me and mine: further chapters in autobiography.

    First published in 1946 — 3 editions
    Locate

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

    Check-In

    ×Close
    Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
    Today
  • Cover of: Off to Philadelphia in the morning

    First published in 1947 — 3 editions
    Borrow Listen

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

    Check-In

    ×Close
    Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
    Today
  • Cover of: River out of Eden.

    First published in 1951 — 3 editions
    Locate

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

    Check-In

    ×Close
    Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
    Today
  • Cover of: Some trust in chariots.

    First published in 1948 — 3 editions
    Locate

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

    Check-In

    ×Close
    Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
    Today
  • Cover of: The man David: An imaginative presentation, based on fact, of the life of David LLoyd George from 1880 to 1914

    First published in 1944 — 3 editions
    Locate

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

    Check-In

    ×Close
    Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
    Today
  • Cover of: Give me back my heart: further chapters in the autobiography.

    First published in 1950 — 2 editions
    Locate

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

    Check-In

    ×Close
    Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
    Today
  • Cover of: Lily of the valley.

    First published in 1952 — 2 editions
    Locate

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

    Check-In

    ×Close
    Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
    Today
  • Cover of: Lucky Lear.

    First published in 1952 — 2 editions
    Borrow Listen

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

    Check-In

    ×Close
    Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
    Today
  • Cover of: Time and the business.

    First published in 1953 — 2 editions
    Locate

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

    Check-In

    ×Close
    Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
    Today
  • Cover of: Six Plays of 1939: Rhondda Roundabout - The Man in Half Moon Street - No Time for Comedy - Quiet Wedding - Little Foxes - After the Dance

    First published in 1939 — 1 edition
    Locate

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

    Check-In

    ×Close
    Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
    Today
  • Cover of: Off to Philadelphia in the Morning.

    First published in 1947 — 1 edition
    Locate

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

    Check-In

    ×Close
    Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
    Today
  • Cover of: Bidden to the feast.

    First published in 1979 — 1 edition
    Locate

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

    Check-In

    ×Close
    Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
    Today
  • Cover of: Me and mine: further chapters in the autobiography of Jack Jones.

    First published in 1946 — 1 edition
    Locate

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

    Check-In

    ×Close
    Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
    Today
  • Cover of: Rhondda roundabout.

    First published in 1965 — 1 edition
    Locate

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

    Check-In

    ×Close
    Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
    Today
  • Cover of: Come night end day: or,The theatre that came to stay : a novel.

    First published in 1956 — 1 edition
    Locate

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

    Check-In

    ×Close
    Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
    Today
  • Cover of: Come, night; end, day! or, The theatre that came to stay: a novel.

    First published in 1967 — 1 edition
    Locate

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

    Check-In

    ×Close
    Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
    Today
Photo of Jack Jones

Welsh miner, trade union official, politician and writer (1884-1970)

Born 24 November 1884
Died 7 May 1970

Subjects

Fiction in English, Biography, English fiction, Welsh Novelists, Welsh authors

People

Jack Jones (1884-1970), David Lloyd George

Time

20th century

Lists

Add to List

My Reading Lists:

Create a new list

ID Numbers

Links outside Open Library

No links yet. Add one?

History

Download catalog record: RDF / JSON
September 27, 2023 Edited by bitnapper Edited without comment.
September 27, 2023 Edited by bitnapper merge authors
September 22, 2023 Edited by Marla Updated author details
September 22, 2023 Edited by Marla Added new photo
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import