Title | Johnny Appleseed and His Time: An Historical Romance |
Year of Publication | 1930 |
Publication Type | Novel |
Number of Pages or Episodes | 379 p. |
Language | English |
Authors | Pershing, Henry A. |
Publisher | Shenandoah Publishing House |
City | Strasburg, VA |
Keywords | flatboats; John Chapman (1774-1845); missionaries; nurserymen; pioneers |
Abstract | A biographical novel of the semi-legendary John Chapman (1774-1845), best known as “Johnny Appleseed.” The book describes early Pittsburgh as "some seventy-five poorly constructed log cabins, some without any windows, dirty surroundings, poverty and squalor on all sides." |
Author Biography | Henry A. Pershing was a local historian in South Bend, Indiana and the owner of a printing company there. |
Time | 1790s |