Johnny Appleseed: The Romance of the Sower

Year of Publication
1915
Publication Type
Novel
Number of Pages or Episodes
341 p.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Harper & Brothers
City
New York
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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

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