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Johnny Appleseed and the American Orchard:

A Cultural History
  • ISBN-13: 9781421407296
  • Publisher: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PRESS
    Imprint: JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY PRESS
  • By William Kerrigan
  • Price: AUD $64.99
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  • Local release date: 13/02/2013
  • Format: Paperback 248 pages Weight: 0g
  • Categories: History of the Americas [HBJK]
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Johnny Appleseed and the American Orchard illuminates the meaning of Johnny 'Appleseed' Chapmans life and the environmental and cultural significance of the plant he propagated. Creating a startling new portrait of the eccentric apple tree planter, William Kerrigan carefully dissects the oral tradition of the Appleseed myth and draws upon material from archives and local historical societies across New England and the Midwest.The character of Johnny Appleseed stands apart from other frontier heroes like Davy Crockett and Daniel Boone, who employed violence against Native Americans and nature to remake the West. His apple trees, nonetheless, were a central part of the agro-ecological revolution at the heart of that transformation. Yet men like Chapman, who planted trees from seed rather than grafting, ultimately came under assault from agricultural reformers who promoted commercial fruit stock and were determined to extend national markets into the West. Over the course of his life John Chapman was transformed from a colporteur of a new ecological world to a curious relic of a pre-market one.Weaving together the stories of the Old World apple in America and the life and myth of John Chapman, Johnny Appleseed and the American Orchard casts new light on both.

List of Maps and Figures
Preface
Introduction
1. Seeds
2. Becoming Johnny Appleseed
3. Suckers
4. Walking Barefoot to Jerusalem
5. To Serve God or Mammon
6. Yankee Saint and the Red Delicious
Notes
Essay on Sources
Index

""Readers who are seeking new insights into America's cultural history through the lens of the American orchard, or just hoping for a refreshing look at Johnny Appleseed, will find that this book is replete with new information culled from over fifteen years of meticulous research in country courthouses, historical societies, and Swedenborgian archives. They will also be delighted to discover that the tastelessness of an overproduced, overgrown, chemically dependent apple is absent; instead, they will find the invigorating crispness and freshness of a sun-ripened, pioneer apple, eaten at leisure with one's back against a sturdy tree.""

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