middle west

Pictures and text describe over 460 species, with field marks. Includes 1300 color photographs.

Briefly describes the life of John Chapman, who wandered through the frontier for forty years, planting apple trees and helping pioneers.

Examines the life of John Chapman, discussing his childhood in Massachusetts and his decision to travel west, and explaining how he came to be known as Johnny Appleseed.

Contains a brief, illustrated, biography of John Chapman, also known as Johnny Appleseed, chronicling his life and accomplishments.

Describes the vast grasslands of our continent as they were years ago, their eventual destruction, and the present efforts to restore them.

Recalls what it was like to go to both a public and a Catholic school in Illinois in the 1940s.

Describes the destruction caused by the Great Midwest Flood of 1993, the cleanup, and measures taken by business and homeowners to protect their property from future floods.

Relates episodes from the life of Johnny Appleseed, a peaceful man who roamed the West for fifty years planting and tending to the trees that bore his favorite fruit, the apple.

Details the disastrous floods that occurred in nine midwestern states when ten times the average amount of rain fell during the spring and early summer of 1993.

Describes the plant life of the American prairie, season by season, and the role of wildfire in its ecology.