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The Life of Johnny Appleseed

Stuff You Missed in History Class

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The Myth of Johnny Appleseed

People generally liked him a lot. But the way that he talked about himself was often sort of selective. He didn't really talk about his many, many failed purchases of land. And so he had sort of made himself into an easily mythologized person before he became a sort of mythic character in American history.

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