Johnny Appleseed is frequently depicted with a tin pot on his head but in reality he is said to have preferred a tin hat. Nethertheless the pot was used for cooking during his travels and he used to eat out of it.

Although legend paints a picture of Johnny as a dreamy wanderer, planting apple seeds throughout the countryside, research reveals him to be a careful, organized businessman, who over a period of nearly fifty years, bought and sold tracts of land and developed thousands of productive apple trees.

Here are some things you might not know about this fascinating historical figure:

• He Was a Real Dude.
• He Actually Had Profit in Mind.
• Johnny Appleseed's Apples Weren't for Eating.
• He Loved Animals and Became a Vegetarian.
• He Died Rich, but His Fortune Didn't Last.
• Chapman's Legend Grew Quickly After His Death.

Help your children realize that Johnny Appleseed was an important figure because he helped spread apple trees around the country. He often talked to people and encouraged them to respect all living things. He warned against excess and encouraged people to live close to nature. We can all take a lesson from his life.

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He gathered left over apple seeds from the cider mills' pumice stones and sold them to settlers. This idea quickly led to Chapman's nickname of “Johnny Appleseed.” Chapman set out in 1802 with a canoe full of seeds to sell to pioneers trying to settle the Wild West.

Although legend paints a picture of Johnny as a dreamy wanderer, planting apple seeds throughout the countryside, research reveals him to be a careful, organized businessman, who over a period of nearly fifty years, bought and sold tracts of land and developed thousands of productive apple trees.

Johnny Appleseed (John Chapman; September 26, 1774 – March 18, 1845) was an American pioneer nurseryman, who introduced apple trees to large parts of Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and present-day Ontario, as well as the northern counties of present-day West Virginia.

The novel centres around Jonny and his life in and outside the reservation. Jonny moves to Winnipeg for a better life, eventually working as a sex worker. The story is told in vignettes of Jonny's life, leading up to his eventual return to the reservation to attend his stepfather's funeral.

Chapman grew trees and supplied apple seeds to settlers in the middle western Great Lakes area. Two centuries later, some of those trees still produce fruit. As a result of stories and poems about Chapman's actions, Johnny Appleseed became an American hero.

However, at its core, the novel is about the strength of Indigenous kinship. Wise and funny, relatable and revolutionary, Jonny Appleseed is a much-needed novel that captures the violence of colonization and celebrates the power of decolonial love.

The Lord is good to me, Johnny Appleseed! Oh, and every seed I sow, Will grow into a tree. And someday there'll be apples there, For everyone in the world to share. Oh, the Lord is good to me, Johnny Appleseed!