It was lonely making America. It was a big, big country. It was a deep, wide country. And there were no apple trees. There were no apple trees blooming in the spring, no big round apples, no apples at all! So begins Meridel Le Sueur's unique and lyrical retelling of the life of Jonathan Chapman -- the pioneer known as Johnny Appleseed. First published in 1947 by Alfred A. Knopf, Little Brother of the Wilderness began a five-book series of frontier biographies that includes Abraham Lincoln, Nancy Hanks, Davy Crockett and Sparrow Hawk. Now all five books have been reissued with newly created illustrations and, for the first time, as paperback editions. Copyright (C) Muze Inc. 2005. For personal use only. All rights reserved.