@book{863, keywords = {flatboats, pioneers, missionaries, New Church (Swedenborgianism), John Chapman (1774-1845), plant nurseries, Protestants}, author = {Lynda Durrant}, title = {The Sun, the Rain, and the Apple Seed: A Novel of Johnny Appleseed's Life}, abstract = {On the Monongahela River bank, John Chapman (1774-1845), an eccentric, self-appointed missionary is visited by God’s angel bearing to him a vocation: to broadcast apple seeds in the borderlands that will feed the hungry and the poor for generations. In Pittsburgh, he receives his new name: Johnny Appleseed.}, year = {2003}, pages = {200 p.}, publisher = {Clarion Books}, address = {New York}, language = {English}, }