In The Rosewood Casket , here is a family that has been on an East Tennessee farm since 1790. This is the place the clan returns to for family gatherings. More and more, the farm is being sold to the developers and you're going to lose a piece of who you are. It is the realtor who talks about people who come to purchase the land. He'll mention all the problems associated with farming and then take them by a development perched on the side of the hill, so this becomes the substitute for their dream.
Trees are very valuable.
You sell the trees and then the land. There is a very interesting section here when a particular brother, who is a Daniel Boone reenactor, is talking with a 5-year old girl, bitterly complaining about the starlings. The wise little girl asked isn't that what people did back in Daniel Boone's time. They came in just like the starlings and they drove everything out. That was the most interesting metaphor.