Israel Potter: His Fifty Years of Exile
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Herman Melville. Israel Potter: His Fifty Years of Exile
Israel Potter: His Fifty Years of Exile
Table of Contents
CHAPTER I.— THE BIRTHPLACE OF ISRAEL
CHAPTER II.— THE YOUTHFUL ADVENTURES OF ISRAEL
CHAPTER 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
CHAPTER IV.— FURTHER WANDERINGS OF THE REFUGEE, WITH SOME ACCOUNT OF A GOOD KNIGHT OF BRENTFORD WHO BEFRIENDED HIM
CHAPTER V.— ISRAEL IN THE LION'S DEN
CHAPTER 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
CHAPTER 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
CHAPTER VIII.— WHICH HAS SOMETHING TO SAY ABOUT DR. FRANKLIN AND THE LATIN QUARTER
CHAPTER IX.— ISRAEL IS INITIATED INTO THE MYSTERIES OF LODGING-HOUSES IN THE LATIN QUARTER
CHAPTER X.— ANOTHER ADVENTURER APPEARS UPON THE SCENE
CHAPTER XI.— PAUL JONES IN A REVERIE
CHAPTER XII.— RECROSSING THE CHANNEL, ISRAEL RETURNS TO THE SQUIRE'S ABODE—HIS ADVENTURES THERE
CHAPTER XIII.— HIS ESCAPE FROM THE HOUSE, WITH VARIOUS ADVENTURES FOLLOWING
CHAPTER XIV.— IN WHICH ISRAEL IS SAILOR UNDER TWO FLAGS, AND IN THREE SHIPS, AND ALL IN ONE NIGHT
CHAPTER XV.— THEY SAIL AS FAR AS THE CRAG OF AILSA
CHAPTER XVI.— THEY LOOK IN AT CARRICKFERGUS, AND DESCEND ON WHITEHAVEN
CHAPTER XVII.— THEY CALL AT THE EARL OF SELKIRK'S, AND AFTERWARDS FIGHT THE SHIP-OF-WAR DRAKE
"JOHN PAUL JONES."
CHAPTER XVIII.— THE EXPEDITION THAT SAILED FROM GROIX
CHAPTER XIX.— THEY FIGHT THE SERAPIS
CHAPTER XX.— THE SHUTTLE
CHAPTER XXI.— SAMSON AMONG THE PHILISTINES
A [ Meaning, probably, certain manacles.]
CHAPTER XXII.— SOMETHING FURTHER OF ETHAN ALLEN; WITH ISRAEL'S FLIGHT TOWARDS THE WILDERNESS
CHAPTER XXIII.— ISRAEL IN EGYPT
CHAPTER XXIV.— CONTINUED
CHAPTER XXV.— IN THE CITY OF DIS
CHAPTER XXVI.— FORTY-FIVE YEARS
CHAPTER XXVII.— REQUIESCAT IN PACE
"BUNKER-HILL
1775
GLORY TO THE HEROES THAT FOUGHT!"
THE END
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Herman Melville
Published by Good Press, 2019
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"No ship," says Israel, hurrying on.
"If you will attend to your business, I will endeavor to attend to mine," replies Israel coolly. And next minute he lets grow his wings again; flying, one dare say, at the rate of something less than thirty miles an hour.
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