Johnny Appleseed: The Romance of the Sower

TitleJohnny Appleseed: The Romance of the Sower
Year of Publication1915
Publication TypeNovel
Number of Pages or Episodes341 p.
LanguageEnglish
AuthorsAtkinson, Eleanor [Stackhouse]
Tertiary AuthorsMerrill, Frank T. [Thayer]
PublisherHarper & Brothers
CityNew York
Keywordsflatboats; John Chapman (1774-1845); missionaries; New Church (Swedenborgianism); nurserymen; pioneers; Protestants
Abstract

A biographical novel of the semi-legendary John Chapman (1774-1845), best known as “Johnny Appleseed.” The first two chapters dramatize his Pittsburgh years of the 1790s, where he lived and farmed on Grant’s Hill.

Author Biography

Eleanor Atkinson (1863-1942) was a Chicago writer and teacher. Frank T. Merrill (1848-1936) was an illustrator.

Time

1790s