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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

A Secret Gift: How One Man's Kindness--and a Trove of Letters--Revealed the Hidden History of t he Great Depression - Paperback

by Ted Gup
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Availability:In StockContributor:Ted GupAudience:Young AdultPublish date:2011-10-25Pages:400
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin Publishing GroupISBN-13:9780143120001ISBN-10:014312000XUPC:9780143120001Book Category:History, Biography & AutobiographyBook Subcategory:United States, MemoirsBook Topic:20th Century, State & LocalSize:7.90 x 5.30 x 1.10 inchesWeight:0.6504Product ID:SCRTTYDR75
"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.

Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin Publishing GroupISBN-13:9780143120001ISBN-10:014312000XUPC:9780143120001Book Category:History, Biography & AutobiographyBook Subcategory:United States, MemoirsBook Topic:20th Century, State & LocalSize:7.90 x 5.30 x 1.10 inchesWeight:0.6504Product ID:SCRTTYDR75
Ted Gup is the author of the bestseller The Book of Honor and of Nation of Secrets. He is a professor and chair of the journalism department at Emerson College. A former investigative reporter for The Washington Post and Time, he has also written for The New York Times, Newsweek, GQ, Slate, and Salon.com.
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group

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