THE LIFEBOAT THAT SAVED THE WORLD

Four thousand years ago, long before the story of Noah's Ark was written down in the Hebrew Bible, the Sumerians and Babylonians of Ancient Mesopotamia knew the story of the flood and the special boat that rescued all the animals. Told from the perspective both of the central hero, Atra-hasis, and of his youngest son, Very-quick. Ages 8-12. Well illus.