Johnny Appleseed and the American Orchard: A Cultural History

摘要: "Johnny Appleseed and the American Orchard" illuminates meaning of Johnny "Appleseed" Chapman's life environmental cultural significance plant he propagated. Creating a startling new portrait eccentric apple tree planter, William Kerrigan carefully dissects oral tradition myth draws upon material from archives local historical societies across New England Midwest. The character stands apart other frontier heroes like Davy Crockett Daniel Boone, who employed violence against Native Americans nature to remake West. His trees, nonetheless, were central part agro-ecological revolution at heart that transformation. Yet men Chapman, planted trees seed rather than grafting, ultimately came under assault agricultural reformers promoted commercial fruit stock determined extend national markets into Over course his John Chapman was transformed colporteur ecological world curious relic pre-market one. Weaving together stories Old World in America casts light on both.