“frills. Work was long and hard, plowing fields for wheat, fattening cattle after the winters that turned the hard land into a frozen prison, praying that the vegetable crop would be bountiful enough to last in the root cellar until the spring that never seemed to come....Toys were not bought but made. Games were invented for practical reasons—who could pile the highest stack of potatoes the fastest. School, for the most part, was more churchly than scholarly. Thompson, Thomas. Lost!: A Harrowing True Story of Disaster at Sea (Kindle Locations 2361-2362). Open Road Media. Kindle Edition. Thompson, Thomas. Lost!: A Harrowing True Story of Disaster at Sea (Kindle Locations 2357-2359). Open Road Media. Kindle Edition. ”
