I am now reading this book, the third in a series about one Iowa family’s history from the late 1800s through the post WWII period. This book captures real life at the turn of the century, the joys and hardships of farming, a pandemic and a world war. Each chapter is like reading a diary; a day in the life of Leora, the author’s grandmother. The photos and notes are priceless remembrances of people who sometimes flourished, and sometimes just survived by sheer will and necessity. When you read this book, you’ll be transported to another, and often better, time.

Leora’s Early Years: Guthrie County Roots has become a reality! During Leora Goff’s early decades, she gathered the tenacity, optimism and hope she would need throughout her long life. When she married Clabe Wilson, they became forged into parents who would shepherd their own family through two more great eras of world and local history–the […]

Leora’s Early Years: Guthrie County Roots — Joy Neal Kidney