A Secret Gift: How One Man's Kindness--and a Trove of Letters--Revealed the Hidden Hist...
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A Secret Gift: How One Man's Kindness--and a Trove of Letters--Revealed the Hidden History of t he Great Depression
Book Details
- Author
- Ted Gup
- Publisher
- Random House Books for Young Readers
- Format
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- Category
- United States
- Condition
- New
- ISBN-13
- 9780143120001
- ISBN-10
- 014312000X
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ISBN: 014312000X
Author: Gup, Ted
Condition: New
"A wonderful reminder that economic hardship can bring suffering but can also foster compassion and community." -The Boston GlobeIn 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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A Secret Gift: How One Man's Kindness--and a Trove of Letters--Revealed the Hidden History of t he Great Depression
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