Ann S. Epstein writes novels, short stories, memoir, essays, and poems. Please use the links or site menu to go to the HOME PAGE; learn about her NOVELS, SHORT STORIES, MEMOIR, ESSAYS, and POEMS; find interesting facts in BEHIND THE STORY; read REFLECTIONS on writing; check NEWS for updates on publications and related events; see REVIEWS; learn about her END-OF-LIFE DOULA credentials and services; and CONTACT US to send webmail.
In the spring of 1903, flooding on the Kansas River inundated North Topeka, an industrial section with flour mills and lumber yards that lies in a valley. Hundreds were marooned in their homes and 29 drowned. There was high water again in 1908, 1923, and 1935 but the dikes constructed after 1903 flood held. Read more Topeka and Kansas history in Tazia and Gemma (see NOVELS).
