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Benefactors Ohio Canton Biography Benevolence Ohio Canton History 20th century Canton (Ohio) Biography Canton (Ohio) Economic conditions 20th century Canton (Ohio) History 20th century Large print books Philanthropists Canton (Ohio) Biography Philanthropy Canton (Ohio) History Poor Ohio Canton Fiction Stone, Samuel 1887-1981Gup, Ted
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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Pub. 2010
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP 977.162 GUPGup, Ted.
Summary: During the Great Depression, the impoverished residents of Canton, Ohio were offered ten dollars to pen their tales of woe. Seventy-five years later, author Ted Gup came across these moving stories and made it his goal to chronicle the families' subsequent generations. Here, Gup's sweeping narratives embody the struggles faced by the quintessential American family over the last several decades.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Audio 2010