{"product_id":"confessions-of-an-eccentric-dreamer-peter-james-mclean-9781491751756","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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter James McLean\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1491751754\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781491751756\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e iUniverse\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/20\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.84lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.58d","brand":"Peter James McLean","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44124049670399,"sku":"9781491751756","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e1d57752-9f7f-4481-8222-7296f759b701.jpg?v=1687434442","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/confessions-of-an-eccentric-dreamer-peter-james-mclean-9781491751756","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}