Israel Potter: His Fifty Years of Exile and Life and Remarkable Adventures of Israel R. Potter
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Note
- Contents
- 1. The birthplace of Israel
- 2. The youthful adventures of Israel
- 3. Israel goes to the wars; and reaching Bunker Hill in time to be of service there, soon after is forced to extend his travels across the sea into the enemy’s land
- 4. Further wanderings of the Refugee, with some account of a good knight of Brentford who be friended him
- 5. Israel in the Lion’s Den
- 6. Israel makes the acquaintance of certain secret friends of America, one of them being the famous author of the “Diversions of Purley. ” These despatch him on a sly errand across the Channel
- 7. After a curious adventure upon the Pont Neuf, Israel enters the presence of the renowned sage, Dr. Franklin, whom he finds right learnedly and multifariously employed
- 8. Which has something to say about Dr. Franklin and the Latin Quarter
- 9. Israel is initiated into the mysteries of lodging-houses in the Latin Quarter
- 10. Another adventurer appears upon the scene
- 11. Paul Jones in a reverie
- 12. Repressing the Channel, Israel returns to the Squire’s abode—His adventures there
- 13. His escape from the house, with various adventures following
- 14. In which Israel is sailor under two flags, and in three ships, and all in one night
- 15. They sail as far as the Crag of Ailsa
- 16. They look in at Carrickfergus, and descend on Whitehaven
- 17. They call at the Earl of Selkirk’s, and afterwards fight the ship-of-war Drake
- 18. The Expedition that sailed from Groix
- 19. They fight the Serapis
- Continued
- 20. The Shuttle
- 21. Samson among the Philistines
- 22. Something further of Ethan Allen; with Israel’s flight towards the wilderness
- 23. Israel in Egypt
- Continued
- 24. In the City of Dis
- 25. Forty-five years
- 26. Requiescat in pace
In this spirited saga, a promising young soldier is wounded at the battle of Bunker Hill, sets sail with John Paul Jones, and undertakes espionage at the behest of Benjamin Franklin. Herman Melville drew upon the obscure memoirs of a Revolutionary War veteran to create his only historical novel, combining Israel Potter's real-life reminiscences with fictional incidents that lead his hero into encounters with noteworthy figures of colonial America. Recounted with humor and zest, this adventure abounds in sea battles, prison escapes, and other episodes of derring-do. The Village Voice acclaimed Israel Potter: His Fifty Years of Exile as "Melville's most vigorous work: hilarious, tender, expressive, a fierce and rollicking chronicle . . . of brilliantly sustained comedy." This edition also includes Melville's source material, Life and Remarkable Adventures of Israel R. Potter.