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Plot summary. Factual basis. Reception. Play adaptation. External links. Israel Potter: His Fifty Years of Exile is the eighth book by American writer Herman Melville, first published in serial form in Putnam's Monthly magazine between July 1854 and March 1855, and in book form by G. P. Putnam & Co. in March 1855.
- Herman Melville
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Israel Potter, fictionalized story by Herman Melville of an American who fought in the War of Independence and of his subsequent struggles for survival. It was published serially in 1854–55 in Putnam’s Monthly Magazine and in 1855 in book form. This short picaresque novel was based on a historical.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Israel Potter starts with Potter's life before the Revolution and leads up to his service in the army. He's captured and sent to England and that's where the action really begins. He begins trying to escape and has amazing adventures, including being used as a spy by Benjamin Franklin.
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Israel Potter: Genesis of a Legend David Chacko and Alexander Kulcsar T SHE first version of the story of Israel Potter appeared on January 30, I 824. Written and published by Henry Trumbull, a Providence, Rhode Island, author and printer, The Life and Remarkable Adven-tures of Israel R. Potter was the authorized biography of a man who claimed
25 de mar. de 2008 · Israel Potter: His Fifty Years of Exile (Penguin Classics) Paperback – March 25, 2008. by Herman Melville (Author), Robert S. Levine (Contributor)
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- Herman Melville
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- Penguin Classics
20 de mar. de 2005 · A historical novel based on the true story of a private soldier who fought in the American Revolutionary War and later became a pirate. Read the full text of this classic adventure story by the author of Moby-Dick.
The authoritative edition of Melville’s only historical novel Based on the life of an actual soldier who claimed to have fought at Bunker Hill, Israel Potter is unique among Herman Melville’s books: a novel in the guise of a biography.
