Johnny Appleseed and His Time: An Historical Romance

Year of Publication
1930
Publication Type
Novel
Number of Pages or Episodes
379 p.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Shenandoah Publishing House
City
Strasburg, VA
Genre
Keywords
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
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