Presents a brief biography of John Chapman, the man who planted thousands of apple seeds in the early nineteenth century.

Relates the life of John Chapman, known as Johnny Appleseed, who is famed for his distribution of apple seeds and trees across America.

Johnny Appleseed relates his life to two children he visits.

A poem describing Johnny Appleseed's appearance and actions.

Rhymed text and illustrations relate the life of John Chapman, whose distribution of apple seeds and trees across the Midwest made him a legend and left a legacy still enjoyed today.

Recounts the story of the man who traveled west planting apple seeds to make the country a better place to live.

"This portrait of Johnny Appleseed restores the flesh-and-blood man beneath the many myths. It captures the boldness of an iconic American life 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. It is a book that does for America's inner frontier what...

Illustrations and simple text tell the story of Johnny Appleseed.

A biography of John Chapman whose distribution of appleseeds and trees across the Midwest made him a legend and left a legacy still enjoyed today.