Israel Potter His Fifty Years of Exile
By Herman Melville
Length7h 23m
About this audiobook
Israel Potter: His Fifty Years of Exile is the eighth book by American writer Herman Melville. When Israel Potter leaves his plow to fight in the American Revolution, he's immediately thrown into the Battle of Bunker Hill, where he receives multiple wounds. However, this does not deter him, and after hearing a rousing speech by General George Washington, he volunteers for further duty, this time at sea, where more ill fortune awaits him. Israel is captured by the British Navy and taken to England. Israel Potter (1744–1826) was a real person born in Cranston, Rhode Island. According to his own account, a memoir titled The Life and Remarkable Adventures of Israel R. Potter (published 1824), he had been a veteran of the Battle of Bunker Hill, a sailor in the Revolutionary navy, a prisoner of the British, an escapee in England, a secret agent and courier in France, and a 45-year exile from his native land as a laborer, pauper, and peddler in London. Melville's plot combines a number of Potter's actual encounters—King George III, Horne Tooke, and Benjamin Franklin—with some he never had—Ethan Allen and John Paul Jones.
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GenreBiography and Memoir, General Fiction
Length7 hrs 23 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateOct 8, 2021
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1CHAPTER I.
15CHAPTER XV.
2CHAPTER II.
16CHAPTER XVI.
3CHAPTER III.
17CHAPTER XVII.
4CHAPTER IV.
18CHAPTER XVIII.
5CHAPTER V.
19CHAPTER XIX.
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6CHAPTER VI.
20CHAPTER XX.
7CHAPTER VII.
21CHAPTER XXI.
8CHAPTER VIII.
22CHAPTER XXII.
9CHAPTER IX.
23CHAPTER XXIII.
10CHAPTER X.
24CHAPTER XXIV.
11CHAPTER XI.
25CHAPTER XXV.
12CHAPTER XII.
26CHAPTER XXVI.
13CHAPTER XIII.
27CHAPTER XXVII.
14CHAPTER XIV.
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