The Boy Who Lived in a Tree

by Mitch Martin

Overview

David Christian is a twelve year old boy that lived in the Missouri Ozarks in the 1830s. He was orphaned when his father was killed in a tragic accident. After his home was taken from him by some unscrupulous people he and his dog Smokey set out on an impromptu journey to his uncles home near the Buffalo River in Arkansas. Unprepared for the winter trip, they are trapped by a snowstorm and have to take shelter in a large hollow tree. The story details their struggle to survive the bitter cold and obtain the food and shelter they so desperately need. They survive the winter only to be captured by Indians. Their survival story is a true to life experience that teaches many survival skills that were common everyday events during the frontier days of the Ozarks.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781468513103
Publisher:	AuthorHouse
Publication date:	08/11/2004
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	144
File size:	200 KB
Age Range:	3 Months to 18 Years

About the Author

Mitch Martin is a descendant of some of the earliest pioneers of the North Arkansas Ozarks region. He grew up on a small farm in Searcy County only a few miles from the scenic Buffalo National River. Hunting and fishing were not only a recreation but also a necessary part of everyday life. Mitch spent his early years hunting squirrels and rabbits with his .22 rifle and his dog Smokey. He learned to love the Buffalo River while fishing and hunting with his Uncle Charley Crow, a Choctaw Indian who made his living by farming with a team of mules, along with the sale of raccoon skins and wild ginseng root.

Mitch's unique experiences have allowed him to write a story that blends fiction with the everyday experiences of survival that faced early settlers in the region. Many of these skills have survived longer in the Ozarks than any other region of the country. Mitch is a member of a rapidly disappearing pioneer heritage group that can pass along firsthand knowledge of survival skills used by our ancestors.

Mitch is a graduate of Missouri State University in Springfield, Missouri where he received a degree in Wildlife Conservation and an ROTC commission as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. For the past thirty years he has worked in the financial services industry.

He is the owner of a successful financial services firm as well as an insurance agency in Washington, Missouri where he currently resides with his wife Candi. He is the father of two grown children, Jennifer and Jon, and a grandfather to Skyler and Sophie. He loves hunting, fishing, camping, canoeing and kayaking, especially on the Buffalo River.