A SECRET GIFT : HOW ONE MAN'S KINDNESS-- AND A TROVE OF LETTERS-- REVEALED THE HIDDEN HISTORY OF THE GREAT DEPRESSION
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Thorndike, Me. : Center Point Pub., 2010.
ISBN
9781602859258 (lg. print : library binding : alk. paper), 1602859256 (lg. print : library binding : alk. paper)
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Downers Grove Public Library - 2nd Floor - Adult
LARGE TYPE 977.162 GUP
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Large Print
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Large print ed.
Physical Desc
478 p. (large print) ; 23 cm.
Language
English
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Originally published: New York : Penguin Press, c2010.
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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.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (Style Guide)

Gup, T. (2010). A SECRET GIFT: HOW ONE MAN'S KINDNESS-- AND A TROVE OF LETTERS-- REVEALED THE HIDDEN HISTORY OF THE GREAT DEPRESSION. (Large print ed). Center Point Pub.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 18th Edition (Style Guide)

Gup, Ted, 1950-. 2010. A SECRET GIFT: HOW ONE MAN'S KINDNESS-- AND A TROVE OF LETTERS-- REVEALED THE HIDDEN HISTORY OF THE GREAT DEPRESSION. Center Point Pub.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 18th Edition (Style Guide)

Gup, Ted, 1950-. A SECRET GIFT: HOW ONE MAN'S KINDNESS-- AND A TROVE OF LETTERS-- REVEALED THE HIDDEN HISTORY OF THE GREAT DEPRESSION. Center Point Pub, 2010.

UCL Harvard Citation (Style Guide)

Gup, T. (2010). A SECRET GIFT: hOW ONE MAN'S KINDNESS-- AND A TROVE OF LETTERS-- REVEALED THE HIDDEN HISTORY OF THE GREAT DEPRESSION. Large print ed Thorndike, Me.: Center Point Pub.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (Style Guide)

Gup, Ted. A SECRET GIFT: HOW ONE MAN'S KINDNESS-- AND A TROVE OF LETTERS-- REVEALED THE HIDDEN HISTORY OF THE GREAT DEPRESSION. Large print ed, Center Point Pub, 2010.

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