Frank Jr. is the grandson of John Hoel, and is Nick Hoel’s grandfather. He is entrusted with the task of photographing the Hoel chestnut tree when he is only nine years old and maintains it for the rest of his life. Frank is an unimaginative man, but he’s obedient in keeping up with the photo project.
Frank Hoel Jr. Quotes in The Overstory
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Part 1: Roots—Nicholas Hoel
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The generations of grudge, courage, forbearance, and surprise generosity: everything a human being might call the story happens outside his photos’ frame. Inside the frame, through hundreds of revolving seasons, there is only that solo tree, its fissured bark spiraling upward into early middle age, growing at the speed of wood.
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Frank Hoel Jr. Quotes in The Overstory
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Part 1: Roots—Nicholas Hoel
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The generations of grudge, courage, forbearance, and surprise generosity: everything a human being might call the story happens outside his photos’ frame. Inside the frame, through hundreds of revolving seasons, there is only that solo tree, its fissured bark spiraling upward into early middle age, growing at the speed of wood.
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