· Johnny Appleseed: The Man, the Myth, the American Story: Author: Howard Means: Edition: illustrated, reprint: Publisher: Simon and Schuster, 4/5(1). · “Johnny Appleseed is one of the great myths of our childhood. With insight and a lively touch, Howard Means tells us the story of the real Johnny Appleseed, John Chapman, a mystic and visionary who turns out to be a most memorable American Brand: Simon Schuster. “Johnny Appleseed is one of the great myths of our childhood. With insight and a lively touch, Howard Means tells us the story of the real Johnny Appleseed, John Chapman, a mystic and visionary who turns out to be a most memorable American character.” —Evan Thomas, author of The War Lovers.
(Johnny Appleseed: The Man, the Myth, the American Story, Howard Means, p.6) Chapman apparently awoke the next morning with a fever from an infection which seems to have settled in his lungs. He died within days, or was it just hours, of what was then called the "winter plague" which could have been anything from pneumonia to influenza. Johnny Appleseed: The Man, the Myth, and the American Story by Howard Means is one of those books that is just a fun historical read. There's probably very little reason why learning about John Chapman will help or change your point of view about other history, but the mysterious corners of American folklore is always a fun place to be. Synopsis: Johnny Appleseed written by Howard Means, published by Simon and Schuster which was released on 17 April Download Johnny Appleseed Books now!Available in PDF, EPUB, Mobi Format. "Finally, the cliché is peeled away and the essence of this utterly American character is so revealing.
“Johnny Appleseed is one of the great myths of our childhood. With insight and a lively touch, Howard Means tells us the story of the real Johnny Appleseed, John Chapman, a mystic and visionary who turns out to be a most memorable American character.”--Evan Thomas, author of The War Lovers. Howard Means sets out to find the very soul and background history of this fabled jack-of-all-trades and captivating Renaissance man, by separating the various myths from the actual facts in an account that hopes to capture all of his known tendencies, distinctions, and experiences. by. Howard Means. · Rating details · ratings · 51 reviews. This portrait of Johnny Appleseed restores the flesh-and-blood man beneath the many myths. It captures the boldness of an iconic American life and the sadness of his last years, as the frontier marched past him, ever westward. And it shows how death liberated the legend and made of Johnny a barometer of the nation’s feelings about its own heroic past and the supposed Eden.
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