Isaac Fitzgerald follows the path of Johnny Appleseed, or actually John Chapman, the real nineteenth-century pioneer from Massachusetts who traced Indian footpaths and planted apple trees as far west as Illinois. As we discuss in this episode, I have my own reasons for being fascinated by Johnny Appleseed, but from AMERICAN RAMBLER you’ll learn a lot about the man, as opposed to the myth, and a lot about the myth, and a lot about Midwestern history, and a lot about Fitzgerald’s own family and past.

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Resources:

American Rambler, by Isaac Fitzgerald

Dirtbag, a memoir by Isaac Fitzgerald

How to Be a Pirate, a children’s book by Isaac Fitzgerald

Isaac’s website

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