John Chapman

I've known the name John Chapman, and realizing that's about the extent of my knowledge, welcomed the chance to read a fresh biography.

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John Chapman was born into a farming family in Leominster, Mass., in the central part of the state, and at about age 20 set out west with his half-brother Nathaniel.

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After 50 years of tramping and planting throughout the American Northwest, John Chapman died at age 70 in a Fort Wayne, Ind., boarding house.

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But "the oddest character in all our history," Banning wrote in 1862, was John Chapman, better known as Johnny Appleseed.

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"Spurs in 1964-65 must be a contender," offers John Chapman.

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John Chapman has this answer for you, Conan: "For many years home-and-away midweek fixtures were scheduled for the first and second weeks of the season, and they would sometimes both occur in August, depending on the date the season started."

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But it was his manner and appearance, not his business plan, that turned John Chapman into Johnny Appleseed.

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John Chapman has this answer for you, Conan: "For many years home-and-away midweek fixtures were scheduled for the first and second weeks of the season, and they would sometimes both occur in August, depending on the date the season started."

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In rural Ohio and Indiana the seed scattered by John Chapman—“Johnny Appleseed”—produced apples that were inedible but, when fermented, very drinkable.

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In rural Ohio and Indiana the seed scattered by John Chapman—“Johnny Appleseed”—produced apples that were inedible but, when fermented, very drinkable.

LAST CALL DANIEL OKRENT 2010