Giving Back in ‘The Overstory’
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Apr 29, 2024
Douglas has known very little human kindness. Orphaned at seventeen, he enlists in the Air Force two years later and is sent to Vietnam. After he is shot down, his crewmates owe their lives to his bravery, and he in turn owes his life to the banyan tree that caught him.
Years later, he is driving through Oregon and sees through strategically placed strips of fir trees along the highway. What are they cleverly…
