The Resource A secret gift : how one man's kindness--and a trove of letters--revealed the hidden history of the Great Depression, Ted Gup
A secret gift : how one man's kindness--and a trove of letters--revealed the hidden history of the Great Depression, Ted Gup
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The item A secret gift : how one man's kindness--and a trove of letters--revealed the hidden history of the Great Depression, Ted Gup represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Pekin Public Library.
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- Summary
- 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
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 369 pages, [16] pages of plates
- Note
-
- Originally published: 2010
- "Updated with a new postscript"--Cover
- Includes index
- Contents
-
- I.A Christmas carol : The offer ; Mr. B. Virdot's story: the suitcase
- II. In consideration of the white collar man : A man of means ; Blizzard ; Hello Bill ; Gassed ; Mr. B. Virdot's story: the promise
- III. The bread of tomorrow : Beginning again ; Grief ; Bad company ; A lynching ; Legacy of lies ; Mr. B. Virdot's story: the crossing
- IV. If I would accept charity : Oppression ; Sooner starve ; Dandelions and pencils ; Shame ; The seeds of resentment ; Left behind ; Gumption ; So little for women ; Mr. B. Virdot's story: a foreigner no longer
- V. Families: the crisis that brought them closer : "As good as the best" ; The pump ; Plantation ; Asylum
- VI. Families: the crisis that pulled them apart : Black hand gang ; Defeated ; Nomad ; Mr. B. Virdot's story: betrayal
- VII. An opportunity to help : A dog named Jack ; The milk of human kindness ; "Too big-hearted" ; Shipmates ; Doctors ; Mr. B. Virdot's story: a second gift, 1940
- VIII. A merry and joyful Christmas : The doll ; A special time ; The pony ; The unexpected ; Mr. B. Virdot's story: the bridge
- IX. True circumstances : Final reflections ; Epilogue: Canton revisited
- Mr. B. Virdot: a timeline
- Isbn
- 9780143120001
- Label
- A secret gift : how one man's kindness--and a trove of letters--revealed the hidden history of the Great Depression
- Title
- A secret gift
- Title remainder
- how one man's kindness--and a trove of letters--revealed the hidden history of the Great Depression
- Statement of responsibility
- Ted Gup
- Title variation
- How one man's kindness--and a trove of letters--revealed the hidden history of the Great Depression
- Subject
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- Benefactors
- Benefactors -- Ohio | Canton -- Biography
- Benevolence
- Benevolence -- Ohio | Canton -- History -- 20th century
- Biography
- Canton (Ohio) -- Biography
- Canton (Ohio) -- Biography
- Canton (Ohio) -- Economic conditions
- Canton (Ohio) -- Economic conditions -- 20th century
- Canton (Ohio) -- History
- 1900-1999
- Economic history
- Great Depression, 1929-1939
- History
- Ohio -- Canton
- Stone, Samuel, 1887-1981
- Stone, Samuel, 1887-1981
- Stone, Samuel, 1887-1981
- Canton (Ohio) -- History -- 20th century
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- 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
- Cataloging source
- BTCTA
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1950-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Gup, Ted
- Dewey number
- 977.1/62
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- plates
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- F499.C2
- LC item number
- G87 2011
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Canton (Ohio)
- Canton (Ohio)
- Canton (Ohio)
- Stone, Samuel
- Benefactors
- Benevolence
- Stone, Samuel
- Benefactors
- Benevolence
- Economic history
- Ohio
- Canton (Ohio)
- Canton (Ohio)
- Canton (Ohio)
- Stone, Samuel
- Great Depression, 1929-1939
- Label
- A secret gift : how one man's kindness--and a trove of letters--revealed the hidden history of the Great Depression, Ted Gup
- Note
-
- Originally published: 2010
- "Updated with a new postscript"--Cover
- Includes index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- I.A Christmas carol : The offer ; Mr. B. Virdot's story: the suitcase -- II. In consideration of the white collar man : A man of means ; Blizzard ; Hello Bill ; Gassed ; Mr. B. Virdot's story: the promise -- III. The bread of tomorrow : Beginning again ; Grief ; Bad company ; A lynching ; Legacy of lies ; Mr. B. Virdot's story: the crossing -- IV. If I would accept charity : Oppression ; Sooner starve ; Dandelions and pencils ; Shame ; The seeds of resentment ; Left behind ; Gumption ; So little for women ; Mr. B. Virdot's story: a foreigner no longer -- V. Families: the crisis that brought them closer : "As good as the best" ; The pump ; Plantation ; Asylum -- VI. Families: the crisis that pulled them apart : Black hand gang ; Defeated ; Nomad ; Mr. B. Virdot's story: betrayal -- VII. An opportunity to help : A dog named Jack ; The milk of human kindness ; "Too big-hearted" ; Shipmates ; Doctors ; Mr. B. Virdot's story: a second gift, 1940 -- VIII. A merry and joyful Christmas : The doll ; A special time ; The pony ; The unexpected ; Mr. B. Virdot's story: the bridge -- IX. True circumstances : Final reflections ; Epilogue: Canton revisited -- Mr. B. Virdot: a timeline
- Control code
- ocn706024218
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Extent
- 369 pages, [16] pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780143120001
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)706024218
- Label
- A secret gift : how one man's kindness--and a trove of letters--revealed the hidden history of the Great Depression, Ted Gup
- Note
-
- Originally published: 2010
- "Updated with a new postscript"--Cover
- Includes index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- I.A Christmas carol : The offer ; Mr. B. Virdot's story: the suitcase -- II. In consideration of the white collar man : A man of means ; Blizzard ; Hello Bill ; Gassed ; Mr. B. Virdot's story: the promise -- III. The bread of tomorrow : Beginning again ; Grief ; Bad company ; A lynching ; Legacy of lies ; Mr. B. Virdot's story: the crossing -- IV. If I would accept charity : Oppression ; Sooner starve ; Dandelions and pencils ; Shame ; The seeds of resentment ; Left behind ; Gumption ; So little for women ; Mr. B. Virdot's story: a foreigner no longer -- V. Families: the crisis that brought them closer : "As good as the best" ; The pump ; Plantation ; Asylum -- VI. Families: the crisis that pulled them apart : Black hand gang ; Defeated ; Nomad ; Mr. B. Virdot's story: betrayal -- VII. An opportunity to help : A dog named Jack ; The milk of human kindness ; "Too big-hearted" ; Shipmates ; Doctors ; Mr. B. Virdot's story: a second gift, 1940 -- VIII. A merry and joyful Christmas : The doll ; A special time ; The pony ; The unexpected ; Mr. B. Virdot's story: the bridge -- IX. True circumstances : Final reflections ; Epilogue: Canton revisited -- Mr. B. Virdot: a timeline
- Control code
- ocn706024218
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Extent
- 369 pages, [16] pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780143120001
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)706024218
Subject
- Benefactors
- Benefactors -- Ohio | Canton -- Biography
- Benevolence
- Benevolence -- Ohio | Canton -- History -- 20th century
- Biography
- Canton (Ohio) -- Biography
- Canton (Ohio) -- Biography
- Canton (Ohio) -- Economic conditions
- Canton (Ohio) -- Economic conditions -- 20th century
- Canton (Ohio) -- History
- 1900-1999
- Economic history
- Great Depression, 1929-1939
- History
- Ohio -- Canton
- Stone, Samuel, 1887-1981
- Stone, Samuel, 1887-1981
- Stone, Samuel, 1887-1981
- Canton (Ohio) -- History -- 20th century
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