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The Life of Johnny Appleseed

Stuff You Missed in History Class

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The Life and Times of Johnny Apple Seed

There's not a lot of actual documentation surviving about his life at the time. He just, I read a book that we'll talk more about at the end of the podcast in this and the writer compared him to Andrew Carnegie. And Johnny Apple Seed just gave away all the wealth as he got it. No accumulation. It's kind of charming, but not really effective if your goal is actually to own anything. But you apparently was at his goal. If it was his goal, he didn't do it very well.

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