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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Gup, Ted, 1950-     Subjects     Stone, Samuel, 1887-1981.     Benefactors -- Ohio -- Canton -- Biography.     Benevolence -- Ohio -- Canton -- History -- 20th century.     Canton (Ohio) -- Biography.     Canton (Ohio) -- Economic conditions -- 20th century.     Canton (Ohio) -- History -- 20th century.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Gup, Ted, 1950-       by title:      A secret gift : how ...         MARC Display

A secret gift : how one man's kindness--and a trove of letters--revealed the hidden history of the Great Depression / Ted Gup. by Gup, Ted, 1950- New York : Penguin Press, 2010. Subjects Stone, Samuel, 1887-1981.   Benefactors -- Ohio -- Canton -- Biography.   Benevolence -- Ohio -- Canton -- History -- 20th century.   Canton (Ohio) -- Biography.   Canton (Ohio) -- Economic conditions -- 20th century.   Canton (Ohio) -- History -- 20th century. ISBN:  9781594202704 1594202702 Description:  365 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm. Contents:  A Christmas carol -- In consideration of the white collar man -- The bread of tomorrow -- If I would acept charity -- Families: the crisis that brought them closer -- Families: the crisis that pulled them apart -- An opportunity to help -- A merry and joyful Christmas -- True circumstances. Requests:  0 Summary:  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.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii Kai Public Library Adult Nonfiction 977.162 Gu Checked In Add Copy to MyList Hawaii State Library Language, Literature & History 977.162 Gu Checked In Add Copy to MyList Molokai Public Library Adult Nonfiction 977.162 Gu Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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