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001			535490506
003			OCoLC
005			20250701105626.0
007			ta
008			120216s2010 nyuaf 001 0deng
010			_a2010017302
020			_a9781594202704 _c16.00
020			_a1594202702
035			_629917803
035			_a(OCoLC)535490506
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050	0	0	_aF499.C2 _bG87 2010
082	0	0	_a977.1/62 _222
100	1		_aGup, Ted. _d1950- _eauthor. _920877
245	1	2	_aA secret gift : _bhow one man's kindness--and a trove of letters--revealed the hidden history of the Great Depression / _cTed Gup.
246	3	0	_aHow one man's kindness--and a trove of letters--revealed the hidden history of the Great Depression.
260			_aNew York : _bPenguin Press, _c2010.
300			_a365 p., [16] p. of plates : _bill. ; _c24 cm.
500			_aIncludes index.
505	0		_aA 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.
520			_aThe 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.
600	1	0	_aStone, Samuel, _d1887-1981. _920878
650		0	_aBenefactors _zOhio _zCanton _vBiography. _920879
650		0	_aBenevolence _zOhio _zCanton _xHistory _y20th century. _920880
651		0	_aCanton (Ohio) _vBiography. _920881
651		0	_aCanton (Ohio) _xEconomic conditions _y20th century. _920882
651		0	_aCanton (Ohio) _xHistory _y20th century. _920883
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