John Chapman, more famously known as Johnny Appleseed, was born on September 26, 1774, in Leominster, Massachusetts.  Overwhelmed by chaotic family life, John Chapman (at the age of eighteen) convinced his younger half-brother Nathaniel to roam west with him.  John and Nathaniel had reached Ohio when the rest of the Chapman family arrived; Nathaniel opted to remain with their relatives.  Prior to his roaming John Chapman (then aged thirteen), with the aid of his father, was given an apprenticeship to an orchardist, Mr. Crawford, who managed apple trees.  Chapman began to wander once more in 1802, travelling through Pennsylvania and later back through Ohio, harvesting apple nurseries.  He constructed fences as part of these nurseries to prevent his trees from being trampled by animals.  Chapman primarily wore discarded clothing, or would barter apple saplings for used clothes.  He spent most of his time in Ohio in Richland County near Mansfield.  Many of Ohio's first orchards began with saplings from Chapman's nurseries.  His trees fed many of Ohio's early white settlers as they struggled to establish farms and homes on the frontier.  Johnny Appleseed eventually owned more than 1,200 acres of land across Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois.  Prior to his death, he claimed to have walked over four thousand miles around the United States. John Chapman died near Fort Wayne, Indiana, in the early 1840s.  https://ohiohistorycentral.org/w/John_Chapman 

  

Boots on the Ground  Conservationists make the case that veterans can have a career in the environment and a home in nature by Jenny Rogers   Greg Jacob, a TNC policy advisor in Albany, New York,  co-leader of a Nature Conservancy group, says later that these retreats build on what some have called “dirt therapy.”  “It has a tradition all the way back to World War I, when the doughboys came back from war and [some] were experiencing what they called at the time shellshock—or what we call PTSD now,” he says.  The British government opened up plant nurseries to employ the returning veterans and to ramp up food production for the postwar population, Jacob says.  “What they found was that the veterans that were employed in these horticultural roles were doing better than the veterans that were either in industrial scenarios or weren’t working at all.”  https://www.nature.org/en-us/explore/magazine/magazine-articles/veterans-careers-in-nature/



The New York Public Library will present a rare glimpse into the life and work of author J.D. Salinger with an exhibition of manuscripts, letters, photographs, books, and personal effects drawn exclusively from the novelist’s archive.  This will be the first time these items--on loan from the J.D. Salinger Literary Trust--have ever been shared with the public.  The exhibition, entitled simply J.D. Salinger, is organized by Salinger’s son Matt Salinger and widow Colleen Salinger with Declan Kiely, Director of Special Collections and Exhibitions at the Library.  The free exhibition coincides with the centennial of J.D. Salinger’s birth, and will be on display October 18, 2019 through January 19, 2020 in the Sue and Edgar Wachenheim III Gallery at the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building.  The exhibition will feature more than 200 items spanning Salinger’s life, including:  The original typescript of The Catcher in the Rye, revised by the author, as well as the revised galley proofs of the novel; The original typescripts of some of Salinger's shorter fiction, including “Franny” and “Zooey"; An original pencil portrait by E. Michael Mitchell, who made the original cover design for The Catcher in the Rye; Family photographs from J.D. Salinger’s childhood, youth, and later life, including photographs from his World War II service, and time as entertainment director on the cruise ship MS Kungsholm in 1941; Correspondence between J.D. Salinger’s friends, fellow soldiers, and authors and editors, including William Shawn, William Maxwell, and Ernest Hemingway; A bookcase from his bedroom filled with books from his personal library; Items from his childhood, including a bowl he meticulously made at summer camp when he was about 10 years old (and kept his whole life); Notebooks, passports, honorable discharge papers from the army in which he identified his civilian occupation as “Playwright, Author,” and personal artifacts such as his pipes, eyeglasses and wrist watch; One of the author’s two typewriters, his film projector, and numerous other personal effects.  The exhibition also includes a description of J.D. Salinger’s life and profession written by Salinger himself, a rare glimpse into how Salinger viewed himself.  The description was written as part of a 1982 legal document.  https://www.nypl.org/press/press-release/october-7-2019/new-york-public-library-present-items-jd-salingers-archive   The Stephen A. Schwarzman Building is at 476 Fifth Avenue (42nd St and Fifth Ave) in Manhattan.  (917) 275-6975  Find hours at https://www.nypl.org/locations/schwarzman



The New Yorker Festival brings together names in news, politics, books, film, music, art, and popular culture--from panels and performances to exclusive screenings.  The 20th annual festival will be held October 11-13, 2019 in New York City.  Find featured events and link to information on tickets, venues, and frequently asked questions at https://festival.newyorker.com/



September 28, 2019  Cincinnati's public library system has organized events featuring historians to mark the 100th anniversary of the Reds' first World Series victory.  The series was tarnished by revelations of a gambling conspiracy to "fix" the series, resulting in the lifetime banishment of eight Chicago White Sox players, including famed hitter "Shoeless" Joe Jackson.  The scandal was featured in the film "Eight Men Out."  See picture of "Shoeless" Joe Jackson at

https://www.examiner.org/sportsx/ap-sports/116307-tour-talks-mark-100th-anniversary-of-black-sox-scandal



Universal Pictures built a baseball diamond on two farms, a few miles outside Dyersville, Iowa, for the 1989 film Field of Dreams.  When production completed, the baseball diamond created for the movie was left behind. Most of the baseball field, including the diamond and the adjacent house, was on a farm owned by the Lansing family, but the left and center field were on an adjacent property owned by the Ameskamp family.  The field was built across the two properties because the producers wanted to place the field in a location where sunset shots would have a clear line-of-sight.  After filming completed, the Lansing family kept their portion of the field intact, and added a small hut where visitors could buy souvenirs.  The Ameskamp family returned their land to farming for a year, but then restored the remainder of the field and opened up their own souvenir stand.  The two owners had operated separate tourist facilities and had also been at odds regarding commercialization of the site.  In 1990, Keith Rahe, a neighboring farmer, put together a baseball team dubbed the "Ghost Players" to entertain the visitors at the field.  The team's presence at the field on Sunday afternoons once a month attracted thousands of additional fans to the field.  In 1991 and 1992, the Upper Deck Company sponsored a celebrity game at the field. Executive producer Tony Loiacono, who later received the key to the city, brought Hall of Famers like Bob Gibson, Reggie Jackson and Bob Feller to take on Hollywood stars like Kelsey Grammer and Meatloaf in a charity game.  The two games raised over $100,000 for local charities.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Field_of_Dreams_(Dubuque_County,_Iowa)  "Shoeless" Joe Jackson made a "ghost" appearance in Field of Dreams. 



Hunter's moon is mentioned in several sources as the Anglo-Saxon name for the Full Moon of October.  This is the month when the game is fattened, and it is time to start preparing for the coming winter.  Traditionally, this included hunting, slaughtering and preserving meats for use in the coming winter months.  Other names are Travel Moon and Dying Grass Moon.  Some also called it Blood Moon or Sanguine Moon, which also refers to the hunting season.  However, this name should not be confused with the term Blood Moon to describe a Total Lunar Eclipse.  Hunter's Moon 2019 in Toledo is scheduled for Oct 13, 2019 at 5:07 pm   Link to other locations for the full moon at https://www.timeanddate.com/astronomy/moon/hunters.html



It's a year-long celebration!  With a mission to help kids everywhere grow smarter, stronger, and kinder, Sesame Street has brought the life-changing benefits of early learning to children across the globe for 50 years.  In 2019, we reach kids in 150 countries and 70 languages—and we’re celebrating our landmark anniversary with fans and families all year long!  Link to descriptions of events and more information at https://www.sesameworkshop.org/what-we-do/sesame-streets-50th-anniversary



http://librariansmuse.blogspot.com  Issue 2167  October 11, 2019