Front cover image for The destruction of Atlantis : Ragnarok, or, The age of fire and gravel

The destruction of Atlantis : Ragnarok, or, The age of fire and gravel

"Donnelly, a lawyer and three-term U.S. congressman with no scientific training, developed a strikingly original theory--that a comet passed close to or struck Earth in ancient times, causing catastrophic changes later recalled in mythologies and biblical tales."--Back cover
Print Book, English, 2004
Dover Publications, Mineola, N.Y., 2004
vi, 452 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm
9780486431444, 0486431444
53476507
Originally published: Ragnarok, the age of fire and gravel. New York : D. Appleton, 1883