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- 2010017302 abstract "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.".
- 2010017302 alternative "How one man's kindness--and a trove of letters--revealed the hidden history of the Great Depression".
- 2010017302 contributor B11757462.
- 2010017302 coverage "Canton (Ohio) Biography.".
- 2010017302 coverage "Canton (Ohio) Economic conditions 20th century.".
- 2010017302 coverage "Canton (Ohio) History 20th century.".
- 2010017302 created "2010.".
- 2010017302 date "2010".
- 2010017302 date "2010.".
- 2010017302 dateCopyrighted "2010.".
- 2010017302 description "A Christmas carol -- In consideration of the white collar man -- The bread of tomorrow -- If I would accept 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.".
- 2010017302 description "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.".
- 2010017302 extent "365 p., [16] p. of plates :".
- 2010017302 identifier "9781594202704 (hbk.)".
- 2010017302 issued "2010".
- 2010017302 issued "2010.".
- 2010017302 language "eng".
- 2010017302 publisher "New York : Penguin Press,".
- 2010017302 spatial "Canton (Ohio) Biography.".
- 2010017302 spatial "Canton (Ohio) Economic conditions 20th century.".
- 2010017302 spatial "Canton (Ohio) History 20th century.".
- 2010017302 spatial "Ohio Canton".
- 2010017302 subject "977.1/62 22".
- 2010017302 subject "Benefactors Ohio Canton Biography.".
- 2010017302 subject "Benevolence Ohio Canton History 20th century.".
- 2010017302 subject "F499.C2 G87 2010".
- 2010017302 subject "Stone, Samuel, 1887-1981.".
- 2010017302 tableOfContents "A Christmas carol -- In consideration of the white collar man -- The bread of tomorrow -- If I would accept 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.".
- 2010017302 title "A secret gift : how one man's kindness--and a trove of letters--revealed the hidden history of the Great Depression / Ted Gup.".
- 2010017302 title "How one man's kindness--and a trove of letters--revealed the hidden history of the Great Depression".
- 2010017302 type "text".