Earth-Planet, Universe : John Muir

Series: Naturalists Series

Duration: 0:29:00

Year Published: 1976

Creator: Indiana University Audio-Visual Center | Indiana University Instructional Support Services | KRMA-TV | National Educational Television: Distributor

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: Focuses on the pioneering crusade of John Muir to save the beautiful Yosemite Valley in California from lumbermen, miners, and sheep and cattle herders. Traces Muir's life through his Scottish upbringing, farming in Wisconsin and California, and his enjoyment of reading, inventing, and writing. Records how he eventually persuaded Congress to preserve some wilderness areas, including the Yosemite Valley, which became part of Yosemite National Park in 1906., Focuses on the pioneering crusade of John Muir to save the beautiful Yosemite Valley in California from lumbermen, miners, and sheep and cattle herders. Traces Muir's life through his Scottish upbringing, farming in Wisconsin and California, and his enjoyment of reading, inventing, and writing. Records how he eventually persuaded Congress to preserve some wilderness areas, including the Yosemite Valley, which became part of Yosemite National Park in 1906.

Complete Record: , Focuses on the pioneering crusade of John Muir to save the beautiful Yosemite Valley in California from lumbermen, miners, and sheep and cattle herders. Traces Muir's life through his Scottish upbringing, farming in Wisconsin and California, and his enjoyment of reading, inventing, and writing. Records how he eventually persuaded Congress to preserve some wilderness areas, including the Yosemite Valley, which became part of Yosemite National Park in 1906.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.