Relates the story of the man who traveled west planting apple seeds to make the country a better place to live.
Relates the story of the man who traveled west planting apple seeds to make the country a better place to live.
He planted apple seeds to make the country a better place to live.
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.
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.
Retells the wandering of John Chapman whose devotion to planting apple trees made him a legendary figure in American history.
But the true story of Johnny Appleseed, or John Chapman, is even greater than the legend. In deft and lyrical prose, Jane Yolen tells the whole story of an individual who forever changed the landscape of America.
Recounts the story of John Chapman, the man behind the legend of Johnny Appleseed, who went on a great adventure across the land planting apple seeds everywhere he went.
Retells in graphic novel format the legend of Johnny Appleseed, who traveled all over America planting apple trees.
His story is equally America’s story at the birth of the nation. In this tale of the wilderness and its taming, author Howard Means explores how our national past gets mythologized and hired out.
With a bag of seeds and a pot on his head, John Chapman set out West to plant apple trees. He made lots of friends and planted lots of trees. Pretty soon, people started to call him Johnny Appleseed.