This man was called the "American Dionysus," since he brought "the gift of (*) alcohol to the frontier," in Michael Pollan's book The Botany of Desire.
In an amusing incident reported by Harper's New Monthly Magazine, this man got so tired of a preacher talking about extravagance that he put his bare foot on a stump that served as a podium and declared "here's your primitive Christian!" The farm of Richard and Phyllis Algeo in Nova, Ohio contains the last surviving part of this man's work. This man was called the "American Dionysus," since he brought "the gift of (*) alcohol to the frontier," in Michael Pollan's book The Botany of Desire. This man served as a missionary for the Church of the New Jerusalem, which was founded by Emanuel Swedenborg. For 10 points, name this American pioneer who encouraged the growth of certain types of food orchards.
In an amusing incident reported by Harper's New Monthly Magazine, this man got so tired of a preacher talking about extravagance that he put his bare foot on a stump that served as a podium and declared "here's your primitive Christian!"
Johnny Appleseed [or John Chapman]