Difficult Passage

Life on the Canadian prairies in the 1930s and 40s had its own special challenges. The Great Depression had driven Fred Stone from early retirement back to the farm with his young wife and two sons: Fred Jr. and Stan. They had no money. Vicious winds, blistering summers, and frigid winters, and dust storms ravaged the prairies. Crops failed. Then came an unpredictable change in circumstances. Thin...