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1st edition/1st printing in as new, unread condition. Signed by the author on the title page. No condition problems. Mylar covered. Seller Inventory # 000234
Bibliographic Details
Title: A Secret Gift: How One Man's Kindness--and a...
Publisher: Penguin Press
Publication Date: 2010
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: As New
Dust Jacket Condition: As New
Signed: Signed by Author(s)
Edition: 1st Edition
About this title
Shortly before Christmas 1933 in Depression-scarred Canton, Ohio, a newspaper ad offered $10 to 75 families in distress. Interested readers were asked to submit letters describing their hardships to a benefactor calling himself Mr. B. Virdot. In actuality, he was Sam Stone, the author's grandfather.
Ted Gup discovered the letters in a suitcase 75 years later and was so moved by the tales of suffering and expressions of hope that he set out to unveil the lives behind them. The author also unearthed deeply buried details about his grandfather's life -- from his impoverished, abusive upbringing to his felonious efforts to hide his immigrant status from U.S. officials -- that explain why he felt such a strong affinity to strangers in need.
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