Better Known as Johnny Appleseed

Better Known as Johnny Appleseed is a children's book by Mabel Leigh Hunt. It presents the life and legend of John Chapman, better known as Johnny Appleseed, in nine stories, each named for a variety of apple such as those Johnny planted in the Midwest river valleys. Each story takes him westward from the Youghiogheny to the Mississippi.WorldCat entry The first edition was illustrated by James Daugherty.The Newbery Companion by John Thomas Gillespie and Corinne J. Naden, Second Edition, 2001, p 173 It was published in 1950 and was a Newbery Honor recipient in 1951.

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