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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New York : Penguin Press, 2010.
ISBN
9781594202704, 1594202702
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Downers Grove Public Library - 2nd Floor - Adult
977.162 GUP
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Book
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365 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
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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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Includes index.
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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. Penguin Press.

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. Penguin Press.

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. Penguin Press, 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. New York: Penguin Press.

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. Penguin Press, 2010.

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