Travel through the 1930s with author Scott Fisher and relive the amazing story of the 1939 Iowa football season. Told through the eyes of many of those who were there - players, fans, opponents - this story brings back to life the grueling season of upset victories by a Hawkeye team that came out of nowhere to capture the hearts of fans all over America and produced a Heisman Trophy winner. Become part of the era of leather helmets, drop-kicks, and "sixty-minute" players - the era of: The Ironmen.

In 1932, an elderly widow did something seemingly impossible -she was elected as Iowa's first female Secretary of State. Ola Babcock Miller proceeded to do something else seemingly impossible -create a Highway Safety Patrol for her home state. She promoted it with a single platform: Save Lives First Her vision and determination inspired the birth of a law enforcement agency that Iowans have voted as Second only to God when it comes to their trust. This is the story of Mrs. Miller's vision and how it evolved from the First Fifty men of the Iowa Highway Safety Patrol in 1935 to the men and...

In 1932, an elderly widow did something seemingly impossible -she was elected as Iowa's first female Secretary of State. Ola Babcock Miller proceeded to do something else seemingly impossible -create a Highway Safety Patrol for her home state. She promoted it with a single platform: Save Lives First Her vision and determination inspired the birth of a law enforcement agency that Iowans have voted as Second only to God when it comes to their trust. This is the story of Mrs. Miller's vision and how it evolved from the First Fifty men of the Iowa Highway Safety Patrol in 1935 to the men and...