"Here, with short sentences and simple vocabulary, is the story of how Johnny Chapman, a farm boy with a passion for planting seeds, became almost a mythical hero [called Johnny appleseed].".
Martin Short is a delight as Johnny Appleseed, the American legend who traveled the frontier wearing a burlap sack, sporting a pot for a hat, and carrying a pouch full of apple seeds. Born John Chapman, Johnny loves apples and animals more than anything else. When he's a young man out on his own in the world, Mother Nature (Anne Jackson) visits him in a dream, says there's a shortage of apple trees, and assigns him the task that ultimately makes him famous. - cover.
