David Christian is a twelve year old boy that lived in the Missouri Ozarks in the 1830's. Smokey set out on an impromptu journey to his uncles home near the Buffalo River in Arkansas. take shelter in a large hollow tree. food and shelter they so desperately need. skills that were common everyday events during the frontier days of the Ozarks. | The Boy Who Lived in a Tree by Mitch Martin, Paperback | Indigo Chapters