Fairly worn but readable and intact. If applicable: Dust jacket disc or access code may not be included.

Fairly worn but readable and intact. If applicable: Dust jacket disc or access code may not be included.

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4to-over 9¾-12" tall Clean, crisp hardcover in very good condition; gift inscription on end paper. No DJ.

4to-over 9¾-12" tall Clean, crisp hardcover in very good condition; gift inscription on end paper. No DJ.

Hard cover. No dust jacket, as issued. Clean text. No

Hard cover. No dust jacket, as issued. Clean text. No underlining/highlighting. Signed by author and illustrator to Shayne. Thank you for supporting Last Word Books and independent booksellers. Stated first edition with full number line. Signed and inscribed by Paul Guinan and Anna Bennett on verso of front end page. Light shelf wear to boards. No dust jacket. Binding square and tight. No loose pages or creasing to spine. No highlighting, notation, or remainder marks. Thank you for supporting Last Word Books and independent bookstores.

Format is approximately 8.75 inches by 11.25 inches. 167, [1] pages.

Format is approximately 8.75 inches by 11.25 inches. 167, [1] pages. Decorative cover. No dust jacket present. Illustrated endpapers. Color Frontis. Foreword by Sean G. David. Illustrations (some in color). Appendix: Mechanical Men of History. Time Line. Boilerplate Today. Index. Cover has minor wear and soiling. Meet Boilerplate, the world's first robot soldier not in a present-day military laboratory or a science-fiction movie, but in the past, during one of the most fascinating periods of U.S. history. Designed by Professor Archibald Campion in 1893 as a prototype, for the self-proclaimed purpose of preventing the deaths of men in the conflicts of nations, Boilerplate charged into combat alongside such notables as Teddy Roosevelt and Lawrence of Arabia. Campion and his robot also circled the planet with the U.S. Navy, trekked to the South Pole, made silent movies, and hobnobbed with the likes of Mark Twain and Nikola Tesla. This book is the fanciful creation of a husband-and-wife team who have richly imagined these characters and inserted them into accurate retellings of history. This full-color chronicle is profusely illustrated with graphics mimicking period style, including photos, paintings, posters, cartoons, maps, and even stereoscope cards. Boilerplate is a fictional robot which would have existed in the Victorian era and early 20th century. It was created in 2000 by artist Paul Guinan. The character became known via a faux-historical website created by Guinan, and has since appeared in other media. Boilerplate was originally featured on a website created by Paul Guinan in 2000. The Boilerplate site details the history of a remarkable robot built in the late 19th century, and features photoshopped "archival images" in which Boilerplate is seen interacting with historical figures, such as Teddy Roosevelt and Pancho Villa. Becoming aware that some visitors to the site were taken in by its contents, making it an unintentional hoax, Guinan resolved to see how authentic he could make the character seem, working to ensure the descriptions of non-fictional events were accurate. He explained his motivation in a 2002 interview: "Certainly I felt happy about having achieved my goal, " he said. "I put this thing across as trying to be real, and people bought into it. So, that's a success! But, as an amateur historian, I feel a responsibility to get the story right. So I felt bad about some of these people being hoaxed. It was a mixed bag." "But, " he revealed, "I thought, if I was getting this reaction and I wasn't really trying, then what would happen if I really tried? " Guinan later expanded his website into The History of Robots in the Victorian Era, which features other "turn-of-the-century robots, both real and imagined". Boilerplate is built by Professor Archibald Campion in the 1880s and unveiled at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. The robot's notable adventures include an expedition to the Antarctic, during which it saves the lives of the team members by singlehandedly moving ice floes, clearing a path for the ship to sail out. Boilerplate is also active in the First World War, but disappears during the relief of Major Whittlesey's Lost Battalion, possibly having been captured by the Germans for study. Supporters of this theory point out that German military technology advances tremendously in the twenty years between the two world wars, encompassing guided rockets, experimental jets, and sophisticated tanks. Post World War II, Boilerplate is sighted on a number of occasions. This book covers Boilerplate's 25-year existence as well as its subsequent impact on popular culture.