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Lynda Durrant, The Sun, the Rain, and the Appleseed: A Novel of Johnny Appleseed's Life is reviewed by Martha Shaw on page 337.
Additional criticism and review of Lynda Durrant's works can be found at your local public library.
The following reviews can be accessed online only by an individual who has a current library card through this address.
The Sun, the Rain, and the Appleseed: a Novel of Johnny Appleseed's Life.
Review by Gillian Engberg.
Booklist, May 15, 2003 v99 i18 p1665(1).
… "Using the freedom of fiction, Durrant creates a complex portrait of Chapman as both a humanitarian hero and a man who spoke in biblical verse, wore a stew pot as a hat, and 'wandered the wilderness, talkin' to the animals and to spirit wives.'…"
The Sun, the Rain, and the Apple Seed: A Novel of Johnny Appleseed's Life.
Kirkus Reviews, March 15, 2003 v71 i6 p465(1).
"Environmentalist, pacifist, vegetarian, religious devotee, visionary, nut -- John Chapman, a.k.a. Johnny Appleseed, was all these, and possibly the latter most of all…"
The Sun, the Rain, and the Apple Seed: A Novel of Johnny Appleseed's Life.
Publishers Weekly, February 24, 2003 v250 i8 p73(1).
"Durrant's (The Beaded Moccasins: The Story of Mary Campbell) well-crafted fictional account of Johnny Appleseed's life reads like an adventure tale…"
Betsy Zane, the Rose of Fort Henry.
Review by John Peters.
Booklist, September 15, 2000 v97 i2 p240.
"At the end of our Revolutionary War, a young woman wages a private war for her own independence in this vivid, adventure-packed eye-opener…"
Turtle Clan Journey.
Review by Michael Cart.
Booklist, May 1, 1999 v95 i17 p1585.
"Durrant continues the story, begun in Echohawk (1996), of Jonathan Starr, who has been raised as a Mohican. It's now 1747, and 13-year-old Jonathan -- whose Mohican name is Echohawk -- is journeying with…"
The Beaded Moccasins: The Story of Mary Campbell.
Review by Hazel Rochman.
Booklist, March 15, 1998 v94 n14 p1233(2).
"In this strong fictionalization, Durrant tells the story of 12-year-old Mary Campbell, who was kidnapped by the Delaware Indians from her family farm in Pennsylvania in 1759. She was to replace the dead granddaughter of the Delaware leader…."
Echohawk.
Review by Michael Cart.
Booklist, September 1, 1996 v93 n1 p118(1).
"In 1738, when Jonathan Starr is four, his family is killed by Mohican warriors, one of whom adopts the boy as a surrogate for his own recently deceased son…"
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