| A Secret Gift: How One Man's Kindness--And a Trove of Letters--Revealed the Hidden History of T He Great Depression Updated Edition Contributor(s): Gup, Ted (Author) |
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ISBN: 014312000X ISBN-13: 9780143120001 Publisher: Penguin Books OUR PRICE: $17.10 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2011 |
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| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - 20th Century - Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs - History | United States - State & Local - Midwest(ia,il,in,ks,mi,mn,mo,nd,ne,oh,sd,wi |
| Dewey: B |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 5.3" W x 7.9" (0.65 lbs) 400 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1930's - Cultural Region - Midwest - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Geographic Orientation - Ohio - Locality - Canton-Massillon, Ohio |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: "A wonderful reminder that economic hardship can bring suffering but can also foster compassion and community." -The Boston Globe In hard economic times like these, readers will find bestselling author Ted Gup's unique book uplifting as well as captivating. Inside a suitcase kept in his mother's attic, Gup discovered letters written to his grandfather in response to an ad placed in a Canton, Ohio, newspaper in 1933 that offered cash to seventy-five families facing a devastating Christmas. The author travels coast to coast to unveil the lives behind the letters, describing a range of hardships and recreating in his research the hopes and suffering of Depression-era Americans, even as he uncovers the secret life led by the grandfather he thought he knew. |