{"product_id":"9781646042999","title":"Professor Jonathan T. Buck's Mysterious Airship Notebook : The Lost Step-by-Step Schematic Drawings from the Pioneer of Steampunk Design","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eProfessor Jonathan T. Buck's Mysterious Airship Notebook\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Sam Kaplan, Keith Riegert\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart how-to-draw instructional guide, part thrilling airship adventure book!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt the end of the 19th century, a brilliant inventor, Professor Jonathan T. Buck, crafted a beautiful steam-powered airship for an expedition to South America’s Amazon River Basin in search of a magnificent lost city — hidden from terrestrial explorers for centuries by its surrounding dense forests.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e But something mysterious happened in the heart of the jungle — Buck, his crew and the Air Paddle Steamer \u003ci\u003eClaire \u003c\/i\u003evanished.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e More than a century later, an expedition sent to look for any trace of the \u003ci\u003eClaire vanished\u003c\/i\u003e and its crew discovered a single, discarded trunk lodged high in the forest canopy. Inside was this notebook: a riveting — firsthand account that reveals not only just how Buck drew up the plans for his airship, but what fate befell the expedition.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eProfessor Jonathan T. Buck's Mysterious Airship Notebook\u003c\/i\u003e is unlike any adventure story before. Part drawing guide, part historical saga, this book will transport readers to a world before modern technology, when steam power, gadgets, gases and gizmos took us into the skies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\"Beautiful! That's the word that comes to mind with this 32 page hardback book. Described as The Lost Step-By-Step Dirigible Drawings From The Pioneer of Steampunk Design, this little book might be marketed towards a younger audience, but any steampunk fan is going to want it on the shelf.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781646042999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Bloom Books for Young Readers","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40963926950094,"sku":"9781646042999","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781646042999","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}