title: Prime of Your Life: A Guide for Fifty and Beyond
author: Woodrow Kroll
description: A careful preview of the "coming attractions" of mid-life and old age--thorough and down-to-earth -- <i>Elisabeth Elliot, best-selling author</i><br /><br />A much needed volume for those who desire to honor God in every stage of life. Every person living out the midlife and beyond years should read this book. It is filled with practical advice and lots of encouragement based on the Word of God -- <i>Billy A. Melvin, founder and chairman of the board, Christian Association of PrimeTimers</i><br /><br />I'm a few years from the prime of my life, but I found this book chock-full of keen spiritual insights and loads of practical advice for my wife and me and for our aging parents. It's a book useful today and even more valuable tomorrow as we face future issues. If you are over forty, this book should be in your personal library. My wife and I constantly referred to our reference book of childcare when we were new parents. Finally, there is just as useful a resource for people at the other end of life. This invaluable book has been needed for a long time! -- <i>Dave Stevens, executive director, Christian Medical &amp; Dental Society</i><br /><br />Passing through the varied stages of life is often like venturing into unfamiliar landscapes that confuse and frighten. In their remarkable book <i>Prime of Your Life: A Guide for Fifty and Beyond</i>, Woodrow Kroll and Don Hawkins chart the way into the unknown, giving meaning and purpose to the ups and downs in our fast-paced lives. This is a book for those who seek answers to the mounting questions that the years bring -- <i>Marlin Maddoux, president, USA Radio Network</i><br /><br />The massive pilgrimage into the wilderness of the aged is accompanied with a sense of adventure for a few, uncertainty for some, and fear for many others. With godly wisdom, Woodrow Kroll and Don Hawkins provide a scouting report for all who follow. It will help you navigate the financial, emotional, and physical complexities that await you. You won't get older faster because you read it but you might get older better. Read it for guidance, encouragement, and understanding...but read it -- <i>Gene A. Getz</i><br /><br />There has never been a time when such a book has been more needed. Written by two good brothers, it comes at a time when most of us are living longer, and this book should help us enjoy a longer life even more -- <i>E. Brandt Gustavson, president, National Religious Broadcasters</i><br /><br />Woodrow Kroll and Don Hawkins are like trees planted by the stream of living water. Their roots have stretched deep into the soil, and their lives are producing the fruit of peace, joy, and great wisdom. Their wealth of information, expressed with wit, will equip you to make the years after fifty, truly, the best years of your life -- <i>Dee Brestin, author of <i>The Friendships of Women</i> and <i>A Woman's Journey</i> series</i>
zlib_text:   1. [Introduction ~ “One of the Outstanding Kibitzers of the Age”](chapter-1.xhtml)
    2. [1 ~ “Bound to Be Heard from Later as a Scholar and a Man”: A Prodigy’s Progress, 1893-1910](chapter-2.xhtml)
    3. [2 ~ “Something of a Specialist”: Harvard College, 1910-1913](chapter-3.xhtml)
    4. [3 ~ “A Chemist’s War”: Conant and World War I, 1914-1918](chapter-4.xhtml)
    5. [4 ~ “A Restless Soul”: Professor of Chemistry, 1919-1933](chapter-5.xhtml)
    6. [5 ~ “The Challenge Was Simply Not to Be Denied”: Professor to President, 1933](chapter-6.xhtml)
    7. [6 ~ “Tyranny Tempered by Assassination”: Harvard President from Depression to War, 1933-1939](chapter-7.xhtml)
    8. [7 ~ “I Believe That Actions Speak Louder Than Words”: President Conant Goes to War, 1939-1940](chapter-8.xhtml)
    9. [8 ~ “A Major Push Along the Lines Outlined”: Commitments to Belligerency and the Bomb, 1941](chapter-9.xhtml)
    10. [9 ~ “This Scientific Delirium Tremens”: The Horse Race to the Bomb, 1942-1943](chapter-10.xhtm