Bibliograph

A secret gift, how one man's kindness--and a trove of letters--revealed the hidden history of the Great Depression, Ted Gup

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A secret gift, how one man's kindness--and a trove of letters--revealed the hidden history of the Great Depression, Ted Gup

Language

eng

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illustrationsplates

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

A secret gift

Oclc number

706024218

Responsibility statement

Ted Gup

Sub title

how one man's kindness--and a trove of letters--revealed the hidden history of the Great Depression

Summary

The author's grandfather, Sam Stone, placed an ad in the Canton, OH, newspaper shortly before Christmas in 1933, offering cash gifts to seventy-five families in distress. Readers were asked to send letters describing their hardships to a benefactor calling himself Mr. B. Virdot. The author investigates a suitcase full of letters responding to these ads as he learns more about his grandfather's hidden past as well as the suffering and triumphs of strangers during the Great Depression. -- From publisher's description

Table Of Contents

A Christmas carol -- In consideration of the white collar man -- The bread of tomorrow -- If I would accept charity -- Families: the crisis that brought them closer -- Families: the crisis that pulled them apart -- An opportunity to help -- A merry and joyful Christmas -- True circumstances

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How one man's kindness--and a trove of letters--revealed the hidden history of the Great Depression

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