The perfect biography to "bite into" at the start of a new school year! Children are sure to be fascinated by the eccentric and legendary Johnny Appleseed, a man who is best known for bringing apple trees to the midwest. Over John Chapmans lifetime, he saw the country grow and start to spread westward. Traveling alone in bare feet and sporting a pot on his head!Johnny left his own special mark planting orchards that helped nourish new communities. His journeys and adventures are illustrated in a hundred black-and-white illustrations.The perfect biography to "bite into" at the start of a new school year! Children are sure to be fascinated by the eccentric and legendary Johnny Appleseed, a man who is best known for bringing apple trees to the midwest. Over John Chapmans lifetime, he saw the country grow and start to spread westward. Traveling alone in bare feet and sporting a pot on his head!Johnny left his own special mark planting orchards that helped nourish new communities. His journeys and adventures are illustrated in a hundred black-and-white illustrations.
Johnny Appleseed,真名Johnny Chapman,美國西部拓荒時代真實(shí)的傳奇人物,他因隨西部拓荒的腳步種植蘋果樹而得名,之所以被稱為Appleseed也是因?yàn)樗械奶O果種植都是從播下種子而非現(xiàn)代常用的嫁接方式來種植。不同于其他西部拓荒者,Johnny獨(dú)鐘情于種植蘋果,他是素食者,他也沒有自己的木屋,光腳穿行于山野叢林,露宿于星空下或空心樹干中,他根據(jù)拓荒者對西部的熱愛而比別人更早洞見西部熱潮的時間和地點(diǎn),從而在合適的時間合適的地點(diǎn)種植下蘋果樹,在別人需要時...