End of Life Conversations, October 2003

A short course designed for adult study groups Prepared by the Curriculum Task Force of the End-of-Life Care Coalition of Central Iowa

Years of valor,1969.

This book was written by Edith Wasson McElroy and published by the Iowa Civil War Centennial Commission. It follows the Meigs, a fictitious family from the late 1680's in England to 1865 in Iowa. The Meigs personify the way of life, in a typical Iowa home during this period. Their experiences are those of many early Iowa pioneers and brings to life and into reality, early Iowa life and the Civil War in its climax.