{"product_id":"vehicles-of-the-imagination-steven-m-johnson-9781096196471","title":"Vehicles of the Imagination: Published and Unpublished Transportation Concept Drawings","description":"Author Steven M. Johnson has been described as a cartoonist who successfully predicted many future products. This book contains more than 1,500 concept drawings, mostly unpublished, on the subject of vehicles. These were drawn over a 45-year period, when he maintained a sideline business as an inventor-cartoonist. His ideas are said to be brilliant, prescient, amusing, or simply ludicrous. He has always had a fondness for automobiles. As a senior in high school in dry, sunny California, he had at one time a collection of five rust-free autos, and often drove his 1929 Model A Ford Roadster to school. In the mid-a1950s a used car in running condition cost no more than $150. The book shows napkin scribbles, index card notes, and carefully illustrated concept drawings of vehicles that he has imagined. Not trained as an industrial designer, he considers himself a wannabe inventor. Here, he shares an enthusiasm for vehicles in a book that will be appreciated by those who like odd, quirky humor as well as by nostalgic dads, young mechanics, and hot rod and classic car collectors.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Steven M. Johnson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1096196476\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781096196471\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/08\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.89lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.25h x 7.50w x 0.49d","brand":"Steven M. Johnson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46199065575679,"sku":"9781096196471","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5fdafb30-734d-417f-a92f-9126da303c8f.jpg?v=1727924932","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/vehicles-of-the-imagination-steven-m-johnson-9781096196471","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}