The Olive tree lives on a grassy slope in the Galilee.
This book explores the Life of one such tree through twenty centu.
With a lifespan of two thousand years or more, an Olive tree may be tended by generations of the same family.
Since the beginning of civilization, these ancient, shapely trees have shaped history itself.
Since it first sprouted from a pit, it has been touched by people, and provides them with precious oil, fruit, wood, medicine, shade -- and even a place to hide secrets.
The Olive tree lives on a grassy slope in the Galilee