Houston Public Library Events

Steven Fenberg, writer  and producer of the Emmy Award-winning documentary film, Brother, Can You Spare a Billion? The Story of Jesse H. Jones, will discuss his new biography of Jesse Jones, Unprecedented Power: Jesse Jones, Capitalism, and the Common Good.

 

About the Book: As the public and media continue to draw comparisons between actions taken by President Obama and those of the FDR administration, Unprecedented Power offers a timely perspective on government use of economic stimulus.  According to Fenberg, Jones recognized that he would prosper only if his community thrived, a belief that directed him to combine capitalism and public service to strengthen his community, to restore the fortunes of his country and to ultimately save the nation. In writing Unprecedented Power, Fenberg had unrestricted access to the collections of Houston Endowment — the philanthropic foundation established by Jesse and Mary Gibbs Jones in 1937, as well as to the archives of the Library of Congress, the Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, the Houston Public Library and an array of other sources.