Johnny Appleseed

Johnny Appleseed
Author: Howard Means
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 338
Release: 2012-04-17
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1439178267

“Finally, the cliché is peeled away and the essence of this utterly American character is so revealing. John Chapman comes alive here and it is a thrilling experience to escape the specific gravity of the decades of myth” (Ken Burns). This portrait of Johnny Appleseed restores the flesh-and-blood man beneath the many myths. It captures the boldness of an iconic American and the sadness of his last years, as the frontier marched past him, ever westward. And it shows how death liberated the legend and made of Johnny a barometer of the nation’s feelings about its own heroic past and the supposed Eden it once had been. Howard Means does for America’s inner frontier what Stephen Ambrose’s Undaunted Courage did for its western one.

Johnny Appleseed

Johnny Appleseed
Author: Gwenyth Swain
Publisher: Millbrook Press
Total Pages: 50
Release: 2001-08-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1575053810

John Chapman loved all forms of nature, and he worked throughout his lifetime to improve it by planting apple trees. Known as the folk hero Johnny Appleseed, John helped to build America--not with a hammer and nails, but with a bag of seeds and a handful of dirt.

Johnny Appleseed

Johnny Appleseed
Author: Steven Kellogg
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 50
Release: 1988-08-22
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0688064175

The larger-than-life story of a true American hero -- John Chapman, better known as Johnny Appleseed. Kellogg "is ideal as interpreter of this fascinating man....[His] color has never been so rich and luxuriant....An affectionate portrayal, enthusiastically accomplished." -- Booklist.

Johnny Appleseed

Johnny Appleseed
Author: Jodie Shepherd
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Total Pages: 34
Release: 2010
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 0545223067

Shows how Johnny Appleseed grew from a young boy who loved the outdoors into the legendary man who spread apple trees all across the United States.

Johnny Appleseed and the American Orchard

Johnny Appleseed and the American Orchard
Author: William Kerrigan
Publisher: JHU Press
Total Pages: 367
Release: 2012-12-15
Genre: History
ISBN: 1421407965

A fresh look at American icon Johnny “Appleseed” Chapman and the story of the apple. Johnny Appleseed and the American Orchard illuminates the meaning of Johnny "Appleseed" Chapman’s life and the environmental and cultural significance of the plant he propagated. Creating a startling new portrait of the eccentric apple tree planter, William Kerrigan carefully dissects the oral tradition of the Appleseed myth and draws upon material from archives and local historical societies across New England and the Midwest. The character of Johnny Appleseed stands apart from other frontier heroes like Davy Crockett and Daniel Boone, who employed violence against Native Americans and nature to remake the West. His apple trees, nonetheless, were a central part of the agro-ecological revolution at the heart of that transformation. Yet men like Chapman, who planted trees from seed rather than grafting, ultimately came under assault from agricultural reformers who promoted commercial fruit stock and were determined to extend national markets into the West. Over the course of his life John Chapman was transformed from a colporteur of a new ecological world to a curious relic of a pre-market one. Weaving together the stories of the Old World apple in America and the life and myth of John Chapman, Johnny Appleseed and the American Orchard casts new light on both.

Who Was Johnny Appleseed?

Who Was Johnny Appleseed?
Author: Joan Holub
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 113
Release: 2005-09-08
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1101639911

The perfect biography to "bite into" at the start of a new school year! Children are sure to be fascinated by the eccentric and legendary Johnny Appleseed, a man who is best known for bringing apple trees to the midwest. Over John Chapman’s lifetime, he saw the country grow and start to spread westward. Traveling alone— in bare feet and sporting a pot on his head!—Johnny left his own special mark planting orchards that helped nourish new communities. His journeys and adventures are illustrated in a hundred black-and-white illustrations.

Johnny Appleseed

Johnny Appleseed
Author: Jane Kurtz
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2010-11-16
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1442426217

Who's that walking along the Ohio? It's Johnny Appleseed! He walks across the land, planting trees wherever he goes. So, everyone, clap your hands for Johnny Appleseed!

Johnny Appleseed

Johnny Appleseed
Author: Rosemary Benét
Publisher: Margaret K McElderry
Total Pages: 40
Release: 2001
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780689829758

A poem describing Johnny Appleseed's appearance and actions.

Johnny Appleseed

Johnny Appleseed
Author: Paul Buhle
Publisher: Fantagraphics Books
Total Pages: 118
Release: 2017-09-06
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1683960440

John Chapman, aka Johnny Appleseed, made himself the stuff of legend by spreading the seeds of apple trees from Pennsylvania to Indiana. Along with that, he offered the seeds of nonviolence and vegetarianism, good relationships with Native Americans, and peace among the settlers. He was one of the New World’s earliest followers of the Swedish theologian Emanuel Swedenborg. The story of John Chapman operates as a counter-narrative to the glorification of violence, conquest, and prevailing notions of how the West was Won. It differentiates between the history and the half-myths of Johnny Appleseed’s life and work: His apples, for instance, were prized for many reasons, but none more so than for the making of hard cider. He was also a real estate speculator of sorts, purchasing potentially fertile but unproven acres and then planting saplings before flipping the land. Yet, he had less interest in financial gain―and yes, this is an accurate part of the mythology―than in spreading visions of peace and love. Johnny Appleseed brings this quintessentially American story to life in comics form.

Jonny Appleseed

Jonny Appleseed
Author: Joshua Whitehead
Publisher: arsenal pulp press
Total Pages: 158
Release: 2018-06-26
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 155152726X

WINNER, Lambda Literary Award “You’re gonna need a rock and a whole lotta medicine” is a mantra that Jonny Appleseed, a young Two-Spirit/Indigiqueer, repeats to himself in this vivid and utterly compelling novel. Off the reserve and trying to find ways to live and love in the big city, Jonny becomes a cybersex worker who fetishizes himself in order to make a living. Self-ordained as an NDN glitter princess, Jonny has one week before he must return to the “rez,” and his former life, to attend the funeral of his stepfather. The next seven days are like a fevered dream: stories of love, trauma, sex, kinship, ambition, and the heartbreaking recollection of his beloved kokum (grandmother). Jonny’s life is a series of breakages, appendages, and linkages—and as he goes through the motions of preparing to return home, he learns how to put together the pieces of his life. Jonny Appleseed is a unique, shattering vision of First Nations life, full of grit, glitter, and dreams. This publication meets the EPUB Accessibility requirements and it also meets the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG-AA). It is screen-reader friendly and is accessible to persons with disabilities. A Simple book with few images, which is defined with accessible structural markup. This book contains various accessibility features such as alternative text for images, table of contents, page-list, landmark, reading order and semantic structure.