A catastrophic flood destroys a farm that has been in a family for three generations. This story traces the development of this farm from its humble beginnings as a homestead on the Iowa prairie through the aftermath of the flood. Nathaniel Conklin is a canny entrepreneur who not only builds his simple homestead into a one thousand acre farm, but also develops other successful businesses and by so doing amasses a fortune. During his life he plays key roles in the development of a town that becomes a city and of a railroad that serves it. He also helps several Amish families who have been forced from their Ohio farms to relocate to his land, and fights the prejudice the plain folk face. Within the pages of Flood you will meet Nathaniel and his wife Margaret; their son Cole and his wife Nicole; and his granddaughter Vivian, and her husband Jim, whose lives are dramatically changed when what remains of the once proud Conklin farm is washed away. Along the way you will meet Hannah and Claudia, two Amish members of Nathaniel’s household, and Thomas, a Catholic boy who falls in love with Hannah causing a clash of cultures. The book not only portrays the lives of those involved with the three generations of Conklin’s, but also the impact the flood has on the land and the wildlife that live on it. Flood is the story of courage, survival, and new beginnings.