Join local author and historian, Melissa Cybulski, to learn how she used real history to inspire her book about Johnny Appleseed’s childhood in Western Massachusetts.
Johnny Chapman will grow up to be a legend…but first needs to climb down from that tree, find his little brother, learn perfect cursive, and remember to put on his shoes before he leaves his house! Inspired by new research using primary resources from the archives of the town he grew up in, Appleseeds: A Boy Named Johnny Chapman imagines for the first time the story of the boy who grows up to be the famous orchardist, Johnny Appleseed.
Books will be available for purchase for $10 at the event.
Melissa M. Cybulski lives in Longmeadow, MA with her husband, two children and two pugs. She loves learning and writing about history, especially the lives of women and children in early New England. This book about Johnny Chapman, who would one day be known as Johnny Appleseed, grew out of her work with the Longmeadow Historical Society. When not researching and writing, she works as a guide at the Emily Dickinson Museum in Amherst, MA.
All NCCHP Living History events are free to museum members and donations from others of $5 – $10 are appreciated to help defray appearance fees. Light refreshments will be served.
NCCHP monthly programs are supported in part by the MA and Granville Cultural Council grants and donations from members and friends of the museum.
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