Ebook {Epub PDF} Johnny Appleseed: The Man the Myth the American Story by Howard Means

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 Cited by: 6.  · Johnny Appleseed: The Man, the Myth, the American Story: Author: Howard Means: Publisher: Simon and Schuster, ISBN: , Length: pages: Subjects4/5(1). “Johnny Appleseed is one of the great myths of our childhood. With insight and a lively touch, Howard Means tells us the story of the real Johnny Appleseed, John Chapman, a mystic and visionary who turns out to be a most memorable American character.” —Evan Thomas, author of The War Lovers.

Edition Description. "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. Johnny Appleseed: The Man, the Myth, and the American Story. By Howard Means. Hardcover, pages. Simon Schuster. List Price: $ Read An Excerpt. On a raw March evening in , an old man. Johnny Appleseed: The Man, The Myth, and the American Story Published by Simon and Schuster **Now Available in Paperback** "Delightfully wry and perceptive, Means's quest to understand Chapman/Appleseed is a captivating achievement in Americana." —Booklist, STARRED review.

“Johnny Appleseed is one of the great myths of our childhood. With insight and a lively touch, Howard Means tells us the story of the real Johnny Appleseed, John Chapman, a mystic and visionary who turns out to be a most memorable American character.” —Evan Thomas, author of The War Lovers. by. Howard Means. · Rating details · ratings · 51 reviews. 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. Howard Means sets out to find the very soul and background history of this fabled jack-of-all-trades and captivating Renaissance man, by separating the various myths from the actual facts in an account that hopes to capture all of his known tendencies, distinctions, and experiences.