03522cam a2200517 4500 477439352 TxAuBib 20201116120000.0 101123s2010||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781101440636 electronic bk. 1101440635 electronic bk. 9781101444634 electronic bk. 1101444630 electronic bk. B00452V2Z6 Amazon d13bf170-d043-4f66-9481-df47169584a1 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 455532 OverDrive (Product ID) (OCoLC)682925138 TEFOD TEFOD JIC TxAuBib Gup, Ted, 1950- Secret gift. A secret gift [Bridges eBook] : how one man's kindness--and a trove of letters--revealed the hidden history of the Great Depression / Ted Gup. How one man's kindness--and a trove of letters--revealed the hidden history of the Great Depression. New York : Penguin Press, 2010. 1 online resource (365 p., [16] p. of plates) : ill. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 678kB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. Includes index. 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. 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. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2021-02-24 20:00:02. Imported from MARC file. 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. Electronic books. http://bridges.lib.overdrive.com/ContentDetails.htm?ID=D13BF170-D043-4F66-9481-DF47169584A1 https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/1523-1/D13/BF1/70/SecretGift9781101444634.epub Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=D13BF170-D043-4F66-9481-DF47169584A1&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/1523-1/D13/BF1/70/SecretGift9781101444634.epub Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=D13BF170-D043-4F66-9481-DF47169584A1&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/1523-1/D13/BF1/70/SecretGift9781101444634.epub Excerpt (OverDrive Read) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=D13BF170-D043-4F66-9481-DF47169584A1&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)