Isaac Fitzgerald grew up near the birthplace of Johnny Appleseed. To separate myth from reality, he chose to follow the ...

Isaac Fitzgerald, author of Dirtbag, Massachusetts, grew up with tales of local townie Johnny Appleseed. So when he found ...

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – Over 200,000 people are estimated to attend the 49th annual Johnny Appleseed Festival this weekend to celebrate the local legend. Returning for the first time in years is the ...

The Johnny Appleseed Trail of North Central Massachusetts — named for John Chapman, the folk hero who spread apple orchards across the American frontier in the early 1800s — is not actually a trail.

In American Rambler (Knopf, May), Fitzgerald trades the raw honesty of Dirtbag, Massachusetts (2022) for an epic journey—walking (and sometimes driving) from Leominster, Mass., to Fort Wayne, Ind., ...

The true story of John Chapman is much more complex—and booze-fueled—than the history books had led me to believe.

NPR stories by Richard Horan ...

"This portrait of Johnny Appleseed restores the flesh-and-blood man beneath the many myths. It captures the boldness of an iconic American life and the sadness of his last years, as the frontier ...

It seems I missed wishing you all a timely happy Johnny Appleseed Day on March 11! This folk figure was indeed a real man named John Chapman who helped nourish a fledgling landscape, one that would ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Journalist Isaac Fitzgerald’s new book, “American Rambler,” details his quest to walk Johnny Appleseed’s trail. The book reveals ...