'Johnny  Appleseed'
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"[Johnny Appleseed] has nurtured life instead of destroying it, and has been sensitive to the beauty of this continent, and
has done something to create here a civilization. Johnny Appleseed stands for ourselves at our best."
— Charles Allen Smart, in Harper's Magazine, August 1939
Johnny Appleseed Educational Center & Museum [] at Urbana University in Ohio
John Chapman / Johnny Appleseed entry at Wikipedia
Reading  Material  About  The Johnny Appleseed  Story
search 'Johnny+Appleseed' in books {returns 2100+ titles} at Amazon
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The Swedenborg Society in Manchester, England published an account of Chapman's career
in 1817, the first printed account of him.
"The adventures of Johnny Appleseed" [1930] by Henry Chapin
http://www.amazon.com/adventures-Johnny-Appleseed-Henry-Chapin/dp/B00086OCXC/
http://www.amazon.com/Adventures-Johnny-Appleseed-Henry-Chapin/dp/1258206021/
http://www.amazon.com/Adventures-Johnny-Appleseed-Henry-Chapin/dp/B001UP7CH8/
"Johnny Appleseed and his time: An historical romance" [1930] by Henry A. Pershing
http://www.amazon.com/Johnny-Appleseed-his-time-historical/dp/B00085C3KC/
"The Return of Johnny Appleseed" by Charles Allen Smart, in Harper's Magazine, August 1939
online article {requires membership or fee}
"Little Brother of The Wilderness: The Story of Johnny Appleseed" [1948] by Meridel Le Sueur and Suzy Sansom
http://www.amazon.com/Little-Brother-Wilderness-Johnny-Appleseed/dp/0930100719/ [10/1996]
http://www.amazon.com/Little-Brother-Wilderness-Johnny-Appleseed/dp/B000L1VDRW/
http://www.amazon.com/Little-Brother-Wilderness-Johnny-Appleseed/dp/B001L9WACA/
"The Story of Johnny Appleseed" [1976] by LaVere Anderson
http://www.amazon.com/Story-Johnny-Appleseed-LaVere-Anderson/dp/B000U59CTK/
"I Can Read About Johnny Appleseed" [4/1980] by J. I. Anderson
http://www.amazon.com/Can-Read-About-Johnny-Appleseed/dp/0893750379/
"Johnny Appleseed" [9/1985] by Louis Sabin
http://www.amazon.com/Johnny-Appleseed-Louis-Sabin/dp/0816702209/
  | "Johnny Appleseed: A Tall Tale Retold and Illustrated by Steven Kellogg" [ages 4-8; 1988] HarperCollins Childrens Books 10¾x8¼ pb [2008] out of print/40+ used HarperCollins 11x8½ hardcover [8/88] for $11.96 |
"Walt Disney's Johnny Appleseed" [10/1989] by Walt Disney Productions
http://www.amazon.com/Disneys-Johnny-Appleseed-Disney-Productions/dp/0792450531/
http://www.amazon.com/Johnny-Appleseed-Disneys-American-Classics/dp/0880293624/
http://www.amazon.com/Disneys-Johnny-Appleseed-Productions-Hardcover/dp/B00POFLLEU/
"John Chapman: The Man Who Was Johnny Appleseed" [10/1991] by Carol Greene
http://www.amazon.com/John-Chapman-Johnny-Appleseed-Biography/dp/0516042238/
"Johnny Appleseed and the Planting of the West: A Historical Novel"
(Disney's American Frontier, Book 5)
[10/1992] by Gina Ingoglia and Charles Shaw
http://www.amazon.com/Johnny-Appleseed-Planting-West-Historical/dp/1562822586/
"Johnny Appleseed Storybook" [1995]
Landoll's Inc. 8¼x8¼ hardcover [1995] out of print/used
"Johnny Appleseed [9/1998] by Steve & Marion Isham
http://www.amazon.com/Johnny-Appleseed-Steve-Isham/dp/0958653631/
  | "Johnny Appleseed: A Voice In The Wilderness" [2000] Edited by William E. Jones A collection of contemporary accounts, edited to modern usage Chrysalis Books pb [9/2000] for $8.86 |
  | "John Chapman: The Legendary Johnny Appleseed" [grades 4 & up; 2000] by Karen Clemens Warrick Enslow Historical American Biographies 9¼x6¼ library hardcover [12/2000] out of print/used Enslow Historical American Biographies 9¼x6¼ library hardcover [12/2000] out of print/used |
  | "Johnny Appleseed: The Story of A Legend" [ages 5-8; 2001] Written & Illustrated by Will Moses Puffin Books 11x8¾ pb [8/2004] out of print/used Philomel 11¼x9 hardcover [9/2001] out of print/many used Philomel hardcover [9/2001] out of print/used Philomel hardcover [9/2001] out of print/used |
"The True Story of Johnny Appleseed" [3/2007] by Ophia D. Smith = 48 pages with illustrations
http://www.amazon.com/TRUE-STORY-JOHNNY-APPLESEED/dp/0877853231/
"The Legend of Johnny Appleseed: The Graphic Novel" [5/2010] by Martin Powell and Michelle Lamoreaux
http://www.amazon.com/Legend-Johnny-Appleseed-Graphic-Novel/dp/1434222667/
"Johnny Appleseed" [7/2010] by Jodie Shepherd
http://www.amazon.com/Shepherd-Johnny-Appleseed-6-1-2010-Paperback/dp/B00RWQQ1QC/
"Johnny Appleseed: The Legend and the Truth" [9/2011] by Jane Yolen and Jim Burke
http://www.amazon.com/Johnny-Appleseed-Legend-Jane-Yolen/dp/0060591374/
http://www.amazon.com/Johnny-Appleseed-Legend-Truth-Paperback/dp/B010710A7Y/
"Seed By Seed: The Legend and Legacy of John 'Appleseed' Chapman" [8/2012] by Esme Raji Codell
http://www.amazon.com/Seed-Legend-Legacy-Appleseed-Chapman/dp/0061455156/
"The Core of Johnny Appleseed: The Unknown Story of a Spiritual Trailblazer [11/2012] by Ray Silverman & Nancy Poes
http://www.amazon.com/Core-Johnny-Appleseed-Spiritual-Trailblazer/dp/0877853452/
"Johnny Appleseed" (Rabbit Ears American Heroes & Legends) [6/2013] by James Howard Kunstler and Stan Olson
http://www.amazon.com/Johnny-Appleseed-Rabbit-American-Legends/dp/1939228492/
http://www.amazon.com/Appleseed-American-Legends-Kunstler-Paperback/dp/B00YW3M5PO/
"Johnny Appleseed" (American Tall Tales) [2014] by J. York and Michael Garland
http://www.amazon.com/Johnny-Appleseed-American-Tall-Tales-ebook/dp/B00I5A4850/
"Johnny Appleseed: the man behind the myth [5/2015] by Steven Fortriede
http://www.amazon.com/Johnny-Appleseed-man-behind-myth/dp/B00X7PZMGC/
                 
                 
Other  Books
  | "The Tall Hunter" YA novel [1942] by Howard Fast, with 15 b&w drawings by Rafaello Busoni Trapper Richard Hammond returns home to find that his bride has been kidnapped by Indians; he travels the frontier searching for her and getting a reputation as an Indian killer; then he meets John Chapman, the gentle eccentric known as Johnny Appleseed, who tries to plant seeds of understanding and forgiveness in Richard's heart; eventually it is Chapman, friend of the Indians, who locates Ellen May and reunites the couple. Harper & Row 8¼x5½ hardcover [1942] out of print/used |
  | "Johnny’s Trail" [grades 3 & up; 1986] by Anne E. Crompton 'A short work of historical fiction'; a lost child meets legendary Johnny Appleseed. Swedenborg Foundation Publrs 8¼x5 hardcover [3/1986] for $6.95 |
  | "The Sun, The Rain, and The Apple Seed: A Novel of Johnny Appleseed's Life" [ages 10-12; 2003] by Lynda Durrant Clarion Books/Aesop Accolades 8¼x5½ hardcover [3/2003] out of print/many used |
Books  About  Apples
  | "Granny Stark's Apple Cookbook" [1984] by Olwen Woodier for Stark Brothers Nurseries & Orchards Co. [est. 1816] Garden Way/Storey Publng 5¾x8½ pb [1984] out of print/used Stark Bro's 7x8¼ pb [1984] out of print/used Stark Bro's official website |
  | "Apple Country Cooking: Apple Recipes, Anecdotes, and A Commemoration of Johnny Appleseed" [1989] by Patricia B. Mitchell 51-page Kindle Edition from Mitchell Foodways [1991 edition] for $2.99 Mitchell Foodways 2nd edition 8¾x5¾ pb [6/91] out of print/used 37-page Mitchell Foodways 8¼x5¼ pb [1989] out of print/used |
  | "The Apple Orchard Cookbook" [1992] by Janet M. Christensen & Betty Bergman Levin Countryman Press 8½x5½ pb [11/92] for $12.95 |
  | "Apples: A Cookbook" [1997] by Robert Berkley
Greenwich Editions 10x9½ pb [11/97] out of print/used Greenwich Editions 11¼x9¼ hardcover [8/97] out of print/used |
  | "Apples, Apples Everywhere: Favorite Recipes From America's Orchards" [1998] by Lee Jackson Over 150 taste-tested recipes framed within a travelogue across several states, uncovering treasured recipes from families, orchards, roadside fruitstands, and cider mills Images Unlimited 9¼x6 pb [3/98] for $14.95 |
  | "Apple Pie {Perfect}: 100 Delicious and Decidedly Different Recipes For America's Favorite Pie" [2002] by Ken Haedrich
Kindle Edition from H.M.H./Harvard Common Press [9/2011] for $9.99 Harvard Common Press 9x8 pb [9/2011] for $10.49 Harvard Common Press 9¼x8 hardcover [8/2002] out of print/many used |
  | "Apples For Everyone" [ages 4-8; 2009] by Jill Esbaum
National Geographic Children's Books 10x8 pb [7/2009] for $5.95 |
  | "The Apple Lover's Cookbook" [2011] by Amy Traverso
finalist for an I.A.C.P. Best Cookbook Award; 110 color illustrations Kindle Edition from W.W. Norton & Co. [9/2011] for $16.17 W.W. Norton & Co. 10¼x8½ hardcover [9/2011] for $19.86 |
  | "An Apple A Day: 365 Recipes With Creative Crafts, Fun Facts, and 12 Recipes From Celebrity Chefs Inside!" [2013] by Karen Berman & Melissa Petitto
Kindle Edition from Race Point Publng [3/2013] for $15.68 Race Point Publng 8¾x7¾ hardcover [3/2013] for $16.50 |
  | "Apples of New England: A User's Guide" [2014] by Russell Steven Powell
Kindle Edition from Countryman Press [9/2014] for $11.43 Countryman Press 7¼x7¼ hardcover [9/2014] for $12.03 |
  | "The Apple Cookbook: 125 Freshly Picked Recipes (3rd Edition)" [2015] by Olwen Woodier Kindle Edition from Storey Publng [6/2015] for $9.16 Storey Publng 9x7 pb [5/2015] for $9.64 |
Movies,  Stageplays,  Other  Media
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"Johnny Appleseed: Operetta In One Act For Children" [1925] by Harvey Worthington Loomis, libretto by D. Stevens
http://www.amazon.com/Appleseed-Operetta-children-libretto-Stevens/dp/B0000CZ3NA/
"Johnny Appleseed: An American History Dramalogue" [1929] by William A. Duff
http://www.amazon.com/Johnny-Appleseed-American-History-Dramalogue/dp/B002XOLKAA/
"Johnny Appleseed: A Play In Two Acts" [Bohemian Club 1946] by Dan Totheroh, music by Wendell Otey
http://www.amazon.com/Johnny-Appleseed-Dan-Totheroh/dp/B000FLSIPI/
http://www.amazon.com/JOHNNY-APPLESEED-Acts-Music-Wendell/dp/B000MYR750/
"Johnny Appleseed: An Operetta For The Middle and Upper Grades" [1947] by Mildred Lewis Kerr
http://www.amazon.com/JOHNNY-APPLESEED-Operetta-Middle-Grades/dp/B000JLH7WY/
"Johnny Appleseed Comes To Town: An Operetta For The Young...In Three Acts" [1966] by Michael Lay
http://www.amazon.com/Johnny-Appleseed-Comes-Operetta-Young/dp/B002T0J1HM/
"Johnny Appleseed: A One Act Musical Play About A Great American Pioneer" [1984] spiral-bound + JohnnyAppleseedplayscript1984.jpg
http://www.amazon.com/Johnny-Appleseed-Musical-American-Pioneer/dp/B002817VJW/
"The Johnny Appleseed Outdoor Historical Drama" [est. 1992] in Mansfield, Ohio is suspended since 2006
  | "In Praise of Johnny Appleseed: A Ballet For Three Percussion and Dancers" [1999] by Lou Harrison - based on the 1922 poem by Vachel Lindsay [1879-1931] Alfred Publng 11½x9 pb [10/99] for $29.95 |
"Johnny Appleseed Suite For String Orchestra" [5/2000]
http://www.amazon.com/Johnny-Appleseed-Suite-String-Orchestra/dp/B0036NB6O2/ = sheet music
http://www.amazon.com/Johnny-Appleseed-Suite/dp/B000SHAB1I/ = mp3
http://www.amazon.com/Mark-OConnor-Double-Violin-Concerto/dp/B001GPDNIY/
"My Name Is Johnny Appleseed" one act musical play [2003]
by North Carolina playwright Keith Smith
"Johnny Appleseed and Paul Bunyan: A Play of American Folklore in Three Acts with Prologue" [9/2010] by Henry Bailey Stevens
http://www.amazon.com/Johnny-Appleseed-Paul-Bunyan-American/dp/1162740949/
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"Walt Disney Presents: The Story of Johnny Appleseed" [Disneyland Record & Book #335 - 1969]
by Editors of Walt Disney Productions and Robie Lester
http://www.amazon.com/Disney-Presents-Johnny-Appleseed-Disneyland/dp/B000PGB79C/
http://www.amazon.com/Disney-Presents-Johnny-Appleseed-Disneyland/dp/B000QXO8YK/
  | "Johnny Appleseed: Told by Garrison Keillor, With Music by Mark O'Connor" [1991] Rabbit Ears Ent. audio cassette [1991] out of prodn/used video illustrations by Stan Olson 24-minute Rabbit Ears Ent. color DVD-R [9/2012] for $9.95 Rabbit Ears Ent. color VHS [4/94] out of prodn/used |
"The Legend of Johnny Appleseed"
animated short [Disney May 1948]
  | 19-minute musical cartoon about John Chapman, who became the legendary Johnny Appleseed Produced by Walt Disney; directed by Wilfred Jackson; written by Winston Hibler, Joe Rinaldi, Erdman Penner & Jesse Marsh; music by Paul J. Smith; voices & singing by Dennis Day available on VHS & DVD as just below Disneyland Records vinyl album [1964] out of prodn/used full credits at IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia |
"Melody-Time" animated feature
[Disney/R.K.O. Radio May 1948]
  | 75-minute Technicolor™ 'musical comedy'; seven segments include "Blame It On The Samba" with Donald Duck & Joe Carioca; "Bumble Boogie" based on Rimsky-Korsakov's "Flight of The Bumble Bee"; "Johnny Appleseed"; "Little Toot"; "Once Upon A Wintertime" sung by Frances Langford; "Pecos Bill" with Roy Rogers and Bob Nolan & The Sons of The Pioneers; and Alfred Joyce Kilmer's "Trees"; other artists include The Andrews Sisters, emcee Buddy Clark, Dennis Day, The Dinning Sisters, Bobby Driscoll, Jack Fina, Freddy Martin, Luana Patten, Ethel Smith & Fred Waring
Disney Home Video Gold Classic color DVD [6/2000] for $11.95 Disney Home Video Special Edition fully-restored color VHS [3/99] for $3.88 Disney Home Video color VHS [6/2000] for $7.69 full credits at IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia watch full movie [screen glare; 1:15:24] online at YouTube |
"Disney's American Legends" cartoon shorts
[Walt Disney Pictures 2002]
  | includes four 'legendary tales' Disney Technicolor™ cartoon shorts, hosted & narrated by James Earl Jones: 19-minute "Johnny Appleseed" [1948]; "The Brave Engineer" [1950] { IMDb }, a 7-minute Disney-fied musical version of the Casey Jones legend; "Paul Bunyan" [1958] { IMDb }, a 17-minute cartoon of the life and career of the legendary lumberjack; and "John Henry" [2000] { IMDb }, a 10-minute cartoon of the legend of the Afro-American steel-drivin' man
Walt Disney Video color DVD [2/2002] for $6.31 Walt Disney Video color VHS [2/2002] for $7.74 watch official trailer [0:54] online at YouTube |
Rankin-Bass Festival of Family Classics "Johnny Appleseed" [1972]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMMeKfgqVEA [22:35] upload 7/2012
Johnny Appleseed" episode [Oct 1986] of "Shelley Duvall's Tall Tales & Legends" [1985-86]
starring Martin Short, with Rob Reiner as Jack Smith, Molly Ringwald as his niece Jenny; the story - while entertaining - takes
considerable liberties with the original tale • episode credits at IMDb
52-minute Koch Vision color DVD [2/2005] for $5.99
50-minute Fox color VHS [6/98] out of prodn/scarce
Shelley Duvall's "Tall Tales & Legends" cable series [Showtime 1985-86]
  | Nine hour-long episodes broadcast on Showtime; the episodes are: "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" starring Ed Begley Jr.; "Annie Oakley" [12/85] starring Jamie Lee Curtis & Brian Dennehy; "Pecos Bill"; "Casey At The Bat" starring Elliott Gould & Carol Kane; "My Darlin' Clementine" starring Shelley Duvall & Edward Asner; "Johnny Appleseed" starring Martin Short; "Ponce de Leon" starring Michael York; "John Henry" starring Danny Glover; and "Davy Crockett" starring Mac Davis Co-produced by Shelley Duvall & Fred Fuchs
Complete Series: E1 Ent. color DVD [9/2009] 3 disks for $13.99 series credits at IMDb • series entry at Wikipedia |
"Johnny Appleweed" comedy feature film [indep 2008]
  | Filmed in Ohio; Johnny Wagner is a smoked-out pottery student waiting to get off probation; while evading a surprise drug test, he crashes his bike and is knocked unconscious. The legendary Johnny Appleseed appears and urges him to follow in his footsteps by planting seeds ... m*rijuana seeds, that is ... and so he becomes 'Johnny Appleweed' • Co-produced, co-written & directed by Johnny Cotugno; co-produced & co-written by Tami Reynolds; starring Johnny Cotugno, Tami Reynolds, B.J. Thorne, Sean Velie, Dennis Wiggins, Bram Fulk & James Huffman
no longer available on Amazon Instant Video • full credits at IMDb watch 1/2012 official trailer [2:04] online at YouTube |
"Searching For Johnny" [Filmostovje 2009]
  | 80-minute documentary film about: Bill Jones, who has spent 15+ years building a park in the Ohio wilderness to present a Johnny Appleseed stageplay; Silicon Valley engineer John Kolling, who quit his high-tech career to become an apple farmer; and New Hampshire high school principal Hank Ruppertsberger, who spent a Summer walking the Appleseed Trails from Massachusetts to Indiana. Co-produced, written & directed by Miroslav Mandic
Filmostovje color DVD-R [10/2011] for $21.95 full credits at IMDb • official movie site |
Works  About  Johnny  Appleseed
poem "In Praise of Johnny Appleseed" [1922] by Vachel Lindsay [1879-1931]
online etext at Wikisource
  | "Johnny Appleseed and Other Poems For Children" [Macmillan 1928] by Vachel Lindsay [1879-1931], Illustrated by George Richards Buccaneer Books hardcover [8/81] out of print/used Macmillan hardcover [1970] out of print/scarce |
  | "Johnny Appleseed" [1933] Poem by Rosemary & Stephen Vincent Benét, with a Note by Thomas C. Benét; Pencil Illustrations by S.D. Schindler Margaret K. McElderry 8¾x10¾ hardcover [7/2001] out of print/many used Margaret K. McElderry hardcover [7/2001] out of print/used Margaret K. McElderry hardcover [7/2001] out of print/used |
  | "Johnny Appleseed" [ages 3-6; 1990] A Poem by Reeve Lindbergh, Paintings by Kathy Jakobsen Little, Brown BFYR 9x10 pb [9/93] for $7.00 Little Brown & Co. Juvenile 9¼x10½ library hardcover [9/90] out of print/many used |
John Clute's science fiction novel "Appleseed" [2001]
centers on a character who may (or may not) be the immortal John Chapman
http://www.amazon.com/Appleseed-John-Clute/dp/0765303787/
article "The Straight Dope: What's The Story With Johnny Appleseed?" (syndicated January 2004)
  | "Johnny Appleseed: The Man, The Myth, The American Story" [4/2012] by Howard Means Kindle Edition from Simon & Schuster Digital Sales [4/2011] for $13.99 Simon & Schuster 9x6 pb [4/2012] for $12.95 Simon & Schuster 9x6 pb [4/2012] out of print/used Simon & Schuster 9¼x6¼ hardcover [4/2011] out of print/50+ used Simon & Schuster hardcover [2011] out of print/used |
  | "Johnny Appleseed and The American Orchard: A Cultural History" [10/2012] by William Kerrigan Kindle Edition from Johns Hopkins Univ Press [10/2012] for $14.75 Johns Hopkins Univ Press 9x6 pb [10/2012] for $18.34 Johns Hopkins Univ Press 9x6 pb [10/2012] third party/new-used Johns Hopkins Univ Press 9x6 hardcover [10/2012] for $50.00 Johns Hopkins Univ Press 9x6 hardcover [10/2012] third party/new-used |
"The Appleseed Journal" [1/2015] by Dr. Stewart Bitkoff
http://www.amazon.com/Appleseed-Journal-Stewart-Bitkoff/dp/0991577515/
"American Baroque [4/2015] by Adam Littleton
http://www.amazon.com/American-Baroque-Adam-Littleton-ebook/dp/B00VS9MJOW/
http://www.amazon.com/American-Baroque-Adam-Littleton/dp/1910282383/
Who is Johnny Appleseed - sage or charlatan, conjuror or quack - and what, essentially, is the difference?
Image  Gallery
               
L i n k s
Johnny Appleseed Educational Center & Museum [] at Urbana University in Ohio
Johnny Appleseed Society [] is based at Urbana University in Ohio
John Chapman / Johnny Appleseed entry at Wikipedia
Johnny Appleseed Memorial Park {gravesite 1845} & Campground in Fort Wayne, Indiana
Johnny Appleseed Heritage Center [est. 1992] in Ashland County, Ohio
the Johnny Appleseed Memorial Medal [est. 1948] is awarded most years by Men's Garden Clubs of America [est. 1932]
Johnny Appleseed Junior Ecology Club [est. 1970s, gone 2015]
The Swedenborg Society [est. 1810] in London, England
The Swedenborg Foundation [est. 1849] in West Chester (Philadelphia), PA
The Biglerville Historical & Preservation Society's National Apple Museum [est. 1990] in Biglerville, PA
National Johnny Appleseed Day is celebrated on John Chapman's birthday September 26
alternate Johnny Appleseed Day is celebrated on March 11, because it is during the planting season
Johnny Appleseed Days Harvest Festival [Oct 2015 = #127] in Paradise, CA
Johnny Appleseed Festival [Sept 2015 = #41] in Huntertown/Fort Wayne, Indiana
Johnny Appleseed Festival [Oct 2015] in Lake City, MN
Johnny Appleseed Festival & Lumberjack Competition [Oct 2015 = #10] in Sheffield, Pennsylvania
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