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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

By Ted Gup

Book information

Publisher
Penguin Group
Year
2010
ISBN
9781101444634, 1101444630
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (2826118 bytes)
Pages
368\115
Library
Mobilism
Time added
2023-06-29 07:24:11

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.

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