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A Secret Gift
How One Man's Kindness - And a Trove of Letters - Revealed the Hidden History of the Great Depression

By Gup, Ted

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ISBN: 014312000x Publisher: Penguin Group USA Published: Oct 25 2011 Pages: 369 Weight: 0.70lbs. Height: 8.00" Width: 5.25" Depth: 0.75" Language: English

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"A wonderful reminder that economic hardship can bring suffering but can also foster compassion and community." -The Boston Globe In 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 m...

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"A wonderful reminder that economic hardship can bring suffering but can also foster compassion and community." -The Boston Globe In 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.