iev able ▁elements , ▁related ▁as ▁if ▁it ▁were ▁true ▁and ▁fact ual . ▁Some ▁such ▁stories ▁are ▁ex agger ations ▁of ▁actual ▁events ; ▁others ▁are ▁completely ▁fict ional ▁tales ▁set ▁in ▁a ▁familiar ▁setting , ▁such ▁as ▁the ▁American ▁Old ▁West , ▁or ▁the ▁beginning ▁of ▁the ▁Indust rial ▁Revolution . ▁They ▁are ▁usually ▁hum orous ▁or ▁good - n ature d . ▁The ▁line ▁between ▁myth ▁and ▁tall ▁tale ▁is ▁distinguished ▁primarily ▁by ▁age ; ▁many ▁myth s ▁ex agger ate ▁the ▁explo its ▁of ▁their ▁hero es , ▁but ▁in ▁tall ▁tales ▁the ▁ex agger ation ▁lo oms ▁large , ▁to ▁the ▁extent ▁of ▁becoming ▁the ▁whole ▁of ▁the ▁story . ▁ ▁Based ▁on ▁historical ▁figures ▁ ▁John ▁Chap man ▁( Se ptember ▁ 2 6 , ▁ 1 7 7 4 ▁– ▁March ▁ 1 8 , ▁ 1 8 4 5 ), ▁widely ▁known ▁as ▁Johnny ▁App les eed , ▁was ▁an ▁American ▁pione er ▁nur ser yman ▁who ▁introduced ▁apple ▁trees ▁to ▁large ▁parts ▁of ▁Pennsylvania , ▁Ohio , ▁Indiana , ▁and ▁Illinois . ▁He ▁became ▁an ▁American ▁legend ▁while ▁still ▁alive , ▁largely ▁because ▁of ▁his ▁kind ▁and ▁gener ous ▁ways , ▁and ▁the ▁symbol ic ▁importance ▁he ▁attributed ▁to ▁app les . ▁Johnny ▁App les eed ▁is ▁remembered ▁in ▁American ▁popular ▁culture ▁by ▁his ▁travel ing ▁song ▁or ▁Sweden borg ian ▁h ymn ▁(" The ▁Lord ▁is ▁good ▁to ▁me ... "). ▁ ▁Daniel ▁Bo one ▁( Nov ember ▁ 2 , ▁ 1