Secret Gift How One Man's Kindness - And a Trove of Letters - Revealed the Hidden History of the Great Depression

Name: Secret Gift How One Man's Kindness - And a Trove of Letters - Revealed the Hidden History of the Great Depression
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ISBN: 9781594202704

ISBN-10: 1594202702

ISBN-13: 9781594202704

Edition: 2010

Authors: Ted Gup

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An inspiring account of America at its worst-and Americans at their best-woven from the stories of Depression-era families who were helped by gifts from the author's generous and secretive grandfather. Shortly before Christmas 1933 in Depression-scarred Canton, Ohio, a small newspaper ad offered $10, no strings attached, to 75 families in distress. Interested readers were asked to submit letters describing their hardships to a benefactor calling himself Mr. B. Virdot. The author's grandfather Sam Stone was inspired to place this ad and assist his fellow Cantonians as they prepared for the cruelest Christmas most of them would ever witness. Moved by the tales of suffering and expressions of…

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List price: $25.95
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date: 10/28/2010
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 384
Size: 6.75" wide x 9.50" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.386
Language: English

Ted Gup is a legendary investigative reporter who worked under Bob Woodward at theWashington Post,and later atTime.He is the recipient of numerous awards, including the George Polk Award and the Worth Bingham Prize. Gup is a professor of journalism at Case Western Reserve University. He lives in Pepper Pike, Ohio. From the Hardcover edition.