{"product_id":"9781491751787","title":"Confessions of an Eccentric Dreamer: An Autobiography","description":"For author Peter James McLean, life was just one adventure after another. In Confessions of an Eccentric Dreamer, he shares a captivating recollection of his life, dreams, adventures, and foibles.  This memoir narrates how his adventures began at age sixteen and continued until age ninety-two during which time he worked and retired from the New York Central Railroad; developed a money-saving, water softening device to clean steam engine boilers; and invented and patented toy guns, an electro-magnetic water conditioner, a system for increasing gas mileage in automobiles, a system to extend oil life in a combustion engine, and another for high-production water distilling equipment.  Confessions of an Eccentric Dreamer also tells how McLean researched sunken ships in the Great Lakes and invented a waterscope to explore the ships and how he cultivated a lifelong love of prospecting and mining for uranium, gold, silver, and other minerals in Ontario.  Sharing stories from his long and colorful life, McLean inspires would-be adventurers to go out and live. The words “cannot be done” and “impossible” were not a part of his vocabulary.","brand":"iUniverse, Incorporated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47131891040496,"sku":"9781491751787","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781491751787_p0.jpg?v=1763660056","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781491751787","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}