up next on booktv, howard means recounts the life of john chapman. also known as johnny appleseed, he was a landscaper who s traveled help paved the way for future settlers. it took place at the johnny appleseed educational center at urbana university in ohio. welcome, my name is jobe joe besecker. we are located in the johnny appleseed educational center and museum and historic coo hall at the university. we are here to listen to howard means talk about his brand new book. this is his 10th book. he s written a biography of johnny appleseed, or john chapman. the name of the book johnny appleseed: the man, the myth, and the american story. i welcome howard. [applause] thank you. thank you very much. my book was published only five days ago. since then i ve done some taping sessions with the nationally syndicated radio shows. this is the first live event, it couldn t happen in a more important place. we are in the johnny appleseed museum. joe besecker was one the firs
welcome. my name is joe b. thacker, but the johnny appleseed society in urbana, ohio. we are located for this program in the johnny appleseed education center and museum and historic daily hall here at the university. we are here to listen to howard means talk about his brand-new book. this is his 10th book in its written a biography of johnny appleseed or john chapman and is here to tell us all about the book. the book is johnny appleseed, the man, that s an american story. so i welcome howard. [applause] thank you, thank you very much. my book was published only five days ago and since then i ve done taping sessions with some of the nationally syndicated radio shows. this is the first live event for johnny appleseed and it couldn t have been in a more appropriate. not only because we are in the newly renovated johnny appleseed center, joe dusek was one of the first people i contacted after simon and schuster agree to publish the book here before it written a word o
however some of my colleagues who are physicians now, they took two years and they went to chinese literature or art and they came back to pre-med and they just didn t go to medical school right away. in my situation i went straight from undergrad to medical school without any sort of deviation. thank you. are welcome. [applause] we have the last two questions. did you ever feel obligated to be a doctor because your father was telling you to do it or did you try to do something else or look into another field? that is a good question. not me but my other sister jeanette. and my father wanted us to be physicians because he felt by being a physician you are financially secure and you are safe. i have always wanted to be an obstetrician so there was a confluence of what my father wanted ie being a doctor and what i personally wanted which was being an obstetrician. at doctor who delivers babies was an obstetrician so i was the first one in my family to become a doctor. i
appleseed society here at urbana university here in ohio. we are located in the johnny appleseed education center and museum in historic bailey hall here at the university. we are hear to listen to howard means talk about his new book, his 10th book, and he wrote an biography about johnny appleseed or john chapman. the name of the book is johnny appleseed, the man, the myth, and the american story. i welcome howard. [applause] thank you, thank you very much. my book was published five daying ago, and i ve done tapings with some of the syndicated radio shows, but this is the first live event for johnny appleseed, and, of course, it can t happen in a more appropriate place not only because we re in the museum. joe was one the first people i contracted after simon agreed to publish the book, but before i wrote a words of it, and joe s been a terrific help from day one, author humphrey helped and he gave freely of his time and knowledge once i was able to lanch on to him, an