Who was John Chapman, the barefoot, tin-pot-wearing nurseryman who became one of America's most beloved folk heroes? Why were his millions of apple trees destined not for eating, but for cider and applejack? And how did a man who secretly controlled a small fortune in frontier land come to be remembered as a penniless wandering saint?

Join John and Patrick as they strip away two centuries of Disney-fied legend to uncover the real Johnny Appleseed — a hard-nosed frontier businessman, a devoted follower of a radical Swedish mystic, and the accidental architect of the chaotic genetic lottery that gave America the Golden Delicious, the McIntosh, and the modern apple itself.

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