FT-57711-10 | Research Programs: Summer Stipends | William Thomas Kerrigan | Johnny Appleseed and the American Orchard: A Cultural History | 5/1/2010 - 9/30/2010 | $6,000.00 | William | Thomas | Kerrigan | | | | Muskingum College | New Concord | OH | 43762-1118 | USA | 2010 | U.S. History | Summer Stipends | Research Programs | 6000 | 0 | 6000 | 0 |
I am requesting funds to support me while I write the fourth chapter of a book on John Chapman and the American Orchard. John Chapman (1774-1845) spent most of his adult life in Ohio and Indiana, raising and selling apple seedlings, and serving as a self-appointed missionary for the mystical Swedenborgian church. The book explores the life and activities of John Chapman, in a broad historical context; the cultural and environmental impact of the old world apple in the new world; and the shifting meanings of the Johnny Appleseed myth. |