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John Muir in the new world
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The life and the career of John Muir come to life through this inspiring and beautiful documentary set against the magnificent landscapes of the American West. The Scottish-born naturalist was one ...
The life and the career of John Muir come to life through this inspiring and beautiful documentary set against the magnificent landscapes of the American West. The Scottish-born naturalist was one of the first nature preservationists in American history, inspiring others through his writing and his advocacy to keep the wilderness wild.
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- produced by Global Village Media Inc. and Thirteen's American Masters, in association with WNET ; produced and written by Leslie Clark, Catherine Tatge ; directed by Catherine Tatge
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- American masters (Television program)
- Format
- Videos, Slides, Films
- Language
- English
- Contributors
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- Tatge, Catherine
- Clarke, Leslie
- Alexander, Jane, 1939- narrator
- Malcolm, Graeme, voice actor
- Peil, Mary Beth, voice actor
- Buel, Bill, voice actor
- Neustadter, Garth, composer
- Lawrence Conservatory Contemporary Music Ensemble
- Global Village Media
- Kultur International Films
- WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)
- Publication
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- West Long Branch, NJ : Kultur, 2011
- ©2011
- Physical Details
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- 1 videodisc (85 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
- ISBNs
- 9780769790398, 0769790399
- OCLC
- ocn728621741
- Credits
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- Narrator, Jane Alexander ; voice of John Muir, Graeme Malcolm ; voice of Mrs. Carr and Louie Strentzel, Mary Beth Peil, voice of Robert Underwood Johnson & Theodore Roosevelt, Bill Buel
- Directors of photography: Bob Elfstrom (recreations), Dan Kowalski (nature footage) ; edited by Tom Haneke ; music by Garth K. Neustadter ; music performed by Lawrence Conservatory of Music
- Originally presented on PBS as an episode of the series, American masters in 2011.
- DVD ; NTSC, all regions ; Dolby 2.0 audio ; 16:9 anamorphic widescreen.
- The early years -- Attending the University of Wisconsin -- Factory work in Indiana -- The 1,000 mile walk to the Gulf -- Exploring the Gulf coast -- West to California -- In the Sierra Nevada & Yosemite Valley -- Meeting with Ralph Waldo Emerson -- Scaling Mount Ritter -- Beginning a career as a journalist -- On assignment in Alaska -- Marriage to Louie Strentzel -- Sea expedition to the Alaskan coast -- Family and farm life -- Century magazine -- The destruction of Yosemite -- Giving voice to building a national park system -- Birth of the Sierra Club -- Meeting with President Theodore Roosevelt -- The San Francisco Earthquake -- The Hetch Hetchy Valley Battle -- The last years