Israel Potter: His Fifty Years of Exile

By Herman Melville

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The forgotten hero of the American Revolution wanders through fifty years of exile, poverty, and shifting identities in a foreign land. Israel Potter’s journey is a gritty, picaresque struggle against a fate that refuses to grant him glory. Through his eyes, we see the rough edges of history and the resilience of a man discarded by the nation he helped create.

Adventure Journey Survival War & Battle Coming of Age Rebellion Exploration Hero

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GenreHistorical Fiction

Length7 hrs 24 mins

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Publish dateFeb 24, 2026

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1CHAPTER I. THE BIRTHPLACE OF ISRAEL.

17CHAPTER XVII. THEY CALL AT THE EARL OF SELKIRK’S, AND AFTERWARDS FIGHT THE SHIP-OF-WAR DRAKE.: “JOHN PAUL JONES.”

2CHAPTER II. THE YOUTHFUL ADVENTURES OF ISRAEL.

18CHAPTER XVIII. THE EXPEDITION THAT SAILED FROM GROIX.

3CHAPTER III. 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.

19CHAPTER XIX. THEY FIGHT THE SERAPIS.

4CHAPTER IV. FURTHER WANDERINGS OF THE REFUGEE, WITH SOME ACCOUNT OF A GOOD KNIGHT OF BRENTFORD WHO BEFRIENDED HIM.

20CHAPTER XX. THE SHUTTLE.

5CHAPTER V. ISRAEL IN THE LION’S DEN.

21CHAPTER XXI. SAMSON AMONG THE PHILISTINES.

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6CHAPTER VI. 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.

22CHAPTER XXII. SOMETHING FURTHER OF ETHAN ALLEN; WITH ISRAEL’S FLIGHT TOWARDS THE WILDERNESS.

7CHAPTER VII. 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.

23CHAPTER XXIII. ISRAEL IN EGYPT.

8CHAPTER VIII. WHICH HAS SOMETHING TO SAY ABOUT DR. FRANKLIN AND THE LATIN QUARTER.

24CHAPTER XXIV. CONTINUED.

9CHAPTER IX. ISRAEL IS INITIATED INTO THE MYSTERIES OF LODGING-HOUSES IN THE LATIN QUARTER.

25CHAPTER XXV. IN THE CITY OF DIS.

10CHAPTER X. ANOTHER ADVENTURER APPEARS UPON THE SCENE.

26CHAPTER XXVI. FORTY-FIVE YEARS.

11CHAPTER XI. PAUL JONES IN A REVERIE.

27CHAPTER XXVII. REQUIESCAT IN PACE.

12CHAPTER XII. RECROSSING THE CHANNEL, ISRAEL RETURNS TO THE SQUIRE’S ABODE—HIS ADVENTURES THERE.

28“BUNKER-HILL

13CHAPTER XIII. HIS ESCAPE FROM THE HOUSE, WITH VARIOUS ADVENTURES FOLLOWING.