The first thing I want y'all to know is that each of these Apple John stories is absolutely true! Well...maybe some facts have been fudged a bit and names changed to protect the guilty. A few facts have been slightly modified, left out, or added for clarity. Other than that, it's ALL TRUE! Apple John is a real person; he lives in the Big Hungry area near Hendersonville, North Carolina. No one knows for sure why he is called "Apple John", but I suspect it's because he's usually seen munching on an apple (with another handy in his back pocket). This book contains 17 short stories about the mythical Apple John.