John Muir (engineer)

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John Muir (1918–1977) was a structural engineer who worked for

Volkswagens.[1] He was a distant relative of the naturalist John Muir.[2]

How to Keep Your Volkswagen Alive

In 1969, Muir collaborated with the artist

Dorling Kindersley. The most recent edition, the 19th (2001), with updated material by Tosh Gregg and Aschwanden remains widely available.[3]

Although first published at the end of the 1960s, the Volkswagen was an iconic 1960s vehicle, and in retrospect this book is iconic of

hippies
' funky do-it-yourself, make-do culture.

Muir's second book, published in 1973, The Velvet Monkeywrench, was an ambitious attempt to, as Muir put it, "lay out this structure, the bones of a completely new establishment," a proposal that included detailed plans for the replacement of the United States of America with the Republic of North America.[4] The book remains available from Ocean Tree Books.[5]

Death

Muir died in November 1977

Avalon Travel Publishing,[2] with publishing rights to How to Keep ... going to Avalon.[7]

References

  1. ISBN 0306813599
    . Retrieved August 7, 2013 – via Internet Archive. muir velvet monkeywrench.
  2. ^ a b Quick, Bob (November 12, 1999). "Long-time Santa Fe Publishing Company Moving West". Santa Fe New Mexican. Retrieved August 8, 2013 – via EBSCOHost.
  3. ^ Van Cleve, Emily (September 10, 2001). "Santa Fe, N.M., Illustrator Updates Classic VW Repair Manual". Albuquerque Journal (NM). Retrieved August 8, 2013 – via EBSCOhost.
  4. ISBN 0943734398
  5. ^ "The Velvet Monkey Wrench". Oceantree Books. Retrieved August 7, 2013.
  6. ISBN 0943734398
  7. ^ "About Avalon Travel Books". avalontravelbooks.com. October 14, 2010. Archived from the original on September 26, 2013. Retrieved August 8, 2013.
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