TY - SER
KW - flatboats
KW - pioneers
KW - missionaries
KW - New Church (Swedenborgianism)
KW - John Chapman (1774-1845)
KW - plant nurseries
KW - Protestants
AU - Lynda Durrant
AB - 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.
C1 - 1797-9
C3 - Allegheny County; Allegheny River; Monongahela River; Ohio River; Pittsburgh; Downtown; Ft. Pitt; Elizabeth
C4 - Children’s; Biographical; Historical; Folklore; Christian; Road
CY - New York
LA - English
M3 - Novel
N2 - 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.
PB - Clarion Books
PP - New York
PY - 2003
RN - Lynda Durrant (1954— ) was born in Cleveland and teaches reading to children. She lives in Bath, Ohio.
EP - 200 p.
TI - The Sun, the Rain, and the Apple Seed: A Novel of Johnny Appleseed's Life
ER -