John Muir's High Sierra

Duration: 27

Genre: Educational

Creator: Dewitt Jones Productions U S Dept Of Interior Natl Park Serv

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: Retraces the paths taken by John Muir during his years of wandering through the High Sierras. Visualizes excerpts from Muir's journal of his first trip into the Sierras., Filmmaker Dewitt Jones wandered Yosemite National Park for 18 months, following the paths take by John Muir in the latter part of the nineteenth century. Jones' visuals provide a cinematic complement to Muir's evocative writings and diary entries. A moving tribute to a man who initiated the idea of a national parks service and founded the Sierra Club.

Complete Record: Retraces the paths taken by John Muir during his years of wandering through the High Sierras. Visualizes excerpts from Muir's journal of his first trip into the Sierras., Filmmaker Dewitt Jones wandered Yosemite National Park for 18 months, following the paths take by John Muir in the latter part of the nineteenth century. Jones' visuals provide a cinematic complement to Muir's evocative writings and diary entries. A moving tribute to a man who initiated the idea of a national parks service and founded the Sierra Club. NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.