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First published 2003
Publisher Eerdmans Books for Young Readers
Format Hardcover
Type Chapbook
Cover art David Parkins
Pages 95
Price $20.00
ISBN 0802852629

  • A retelling LC class PZ8.1.M144; Dewey class 398.2/09567/02; ages 9 and up --Library of Congress record of the US ed. {{LCCN|2003001086}}
  • Starred review of the US ed. in Kirkus Reviews 2003-09-15, posted 2010 at KirkusReviews.com (as "Gilgamesh the Hero", from front cover evidently)
  • "This version is a free adaptation from a variety of translations." --Author's note(?), US ed., p. 2 (viewed as "Look inside" at Amazon.com 2018-05-24)

    1st US ed.
  • Publ date from starred review by Kirkus (contemporary, posted 2010) (unusually positive)
  • Price and cover image from Amazon.com 2018-05-24 (as Gilgamesh the Hero), with "Look inside" that includes title page:   Gilgamesh   Retold by Geraldine McCaughrean   [etc] p2, displayed by t.p. verso:   (no copyright data)   one-line dedications (2)   half-pages essay, presumably an Author's Note copyright page [the final printed page?] back cover (quote logo text):   Eerdmans Books for Young Readers   Grand Rapids/Cambridge [two lines providing information also on the title page]   An imprint of Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.
  • Library of Congress (LCCN, below) gives title The Epic of Gilgamesh.

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4 Gilgamesh Geraldine McCaughrean Novella