{"product_id":"9781612430171","title":"Professor Jonathan T. Buck's Mysterious Airship Notebook: The Lost Step-by-Step Schematic Drawings from the Pioneer of Steampunk Design","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART STEP-BY-STEP HOW-TO-DRAW GUIDE, PART THRILLING STEAMPUNK ADVENTURE STORY\u003c\/b\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\u003eBut something mysterious happened in the heart of the jungle — Buck, his crew and the Air Paddle Steamer \u003ci\u003eClaire vanished\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003eMore 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\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\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ulysses Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47058961989872,"sku":"9781612430171","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781612430171_p0.jpg?v=1763848062","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781612430171","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}