Henry M. Eichner (1909-1971) had the uncommon profession of Medical Artist. His book on Atlantis^[287] covers all the main theories of four decades ago and Eichner himself opts for an Atlantic location for Plato’s Atlantis. He discusses at length the Minoan Theory and as a parting shot asks simply why Plato did not call Atlantis Crete if that was where it was located.

Eichner was also drawn to the Hoerbiger’s icy moon theory as a mechanism to explain the worldwide Deluge myths. My copy of The Atlantis Myth by H. S. Bellamy, another Hoerbiger fan, was originally in Eichner’s personal library. However, he did not include this title in his bibliography.

The portion of his book dealing directly with Atlantis theories is rather short at 134 pages. Eichner has added an extensive section on fictional literature inspired by the Atlantis story and has included a bibliography of both English language and foreign non-fiction books on the subject. Unfortunately the author chose not to include an index.