Speed
is not necessarily
what wins the race
In
the long run
it may be endurance
Historical
Fiction: Nathaniel Conklin builds a family dynasty on the Iowa prairie
literally from the ground up. In the process he marries the only woman he has
ever loved, earns the respect and support of the town he helps establish, and
resettles an Amish community in need.
Nathaniel's
hopes for the future are born with his son only to be diminished by this
wastrel's selfish, cruel and profligate behavior and the friction his son
causes in Nathaniel's marriage. A resurgence of optimism arrives in the person
of his feisty and resilient granddaughter, Vivian, who takes over the farm when
Nathaniel dies.
Vivian
struggles to keep Nathaniel's heritage alive in spite of the problems caused by
social change and her inept husband. She loses her fight to a catastrophic
flood that also ends her marriage. In true Vivian style, she rises above this
disaster and finds love and happiness in a new life.
Flood,
my best selling ebook, is dedicated to our daughter, son-in-law and
granddaughters, survivors of the Great Iowa Flood of 2008, and to the families
of New Hartford, Iowa for their courage and resiliency. For more information
including reader's reviews, visit Flood:
A Saga at my web-site: http://www.bfoswaldauthor.com or purchase from one of the following
retailers:
Published April 7, 2009; 223 pages (.pdf), 109,806
words, reading time 313-439 minutes; ISBN 978-0-7443-1617-9
Tags: Iowa, prairie,
Humbolt County, sod houses, Amish, dairy, farm equipment, wild life, flooding,
Philippines, military, fugue, prejudice
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