Israel Potter Annotated

Author : Herman Melville
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781518817441
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Israel Potter (Annotated) written by Herman Melville and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2015-10-29 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Israel Potter is a classic adventure story by Herman Melville. Biography, in its purer form, confined to the ended lives of the true and brave, may be held the fairest meed of human virtue--one given and received in entire disinterestedness--since neither can the biographer hope for acknowledgment from the subject, nor the subject at all avail himself of the biographical distinction conferred.Israel Potter well merits the present tribute--a private of Bunker Hill, who for his faithful services was years ago promoted to a still deeper privacy under the ground, with a posthumous pension, in default of any during life, annually paid him by the spring in ever-new mosses and sward.

Author : Herman Melville
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 122 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Israel Potter written by Herman Melville and published by . This book was released on 2021-04-11 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Born among the rugged stones of the New England hills, in the Housatonic Valley, Israel Potter grows up with all the virtues of the hard, principled new land. After an argument with his father over a girl whom his stern parent does not think a suitable match, Israel decides to run away from home while his family is attending church. He wanders about the countryside, hunting deer, farming land, becoming a trapper, and dealing in furs. During his wanderings, he learns that most men are unscrupulous. He also hunts whales from Nantucket to the coast of Africa. In 1775, Israel joins the American forces and takes part in the Battle of Bunker Hill. He fights bravely, but the battle, as he sees it, is simply disorganized carnage. Wounded, Israel enlists aboard an American ship after his recovery. Once at sea, the ship is captured by the British. Israel is taken prisoner and conveyed to England on a British ship, but on his arrival in London, he manages to escape.

Author : Herman Melville
Publisher : Jazzybee Verlag
ISBN 13 : 384960361X
Total Pages : 179 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Israel Potter: His Fifty Years Of Exile (Annotated Edition) written by Herman Melville and published by Jazzybee Verlag. This book was released on 2012 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the extended and annotated edition including an extensive biographical annotation about the author and his life. When Israel Potter leaves his plough 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. Yet, he makes his escape, and this triggers a series of extraordinary events and meetings with remarkable people. Along the way, Israel encounters King George III, who takes a liking to the Yankee rebel and shelters him in Kew Gardens; Benjamin Franklin, who presses Israel into service as a spy; John Paul Jones, who invites Israel to join his crew aboard The Ranger; and Ethan Allen, whom Israel attempts to free from a British prison. (from wikipedia.com)

Author : Herman Melville
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781520671512
Total Pages : 235 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Israel Potter - His Fifty Years of Exile written by Herman Melville and published by . This book was released on 2017-02-21 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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. A pirated edition was also published in London by George Routledge in May 1855. The book is loosely based on a pamphlet (108-page) autobiography that Melville acquired in the 1840s, Life and Remarkable Adventures of Israel R. Potter (Providence, Rhode Island, 1824).

Author : Israel Potter
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Life and Remarkable Adventures of Israel R. Potter written by Israel Potter and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book that inspired W. Doreski to write his first full length book, The testament of Israel Potter.

Author : Alexander Keyssar
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780674564756
Total Pages : 76 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Melville's Israel Potter written by Alexander Keyssar and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1969 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alexander Keyssar's study focuses on Melville's treatment of the social and existential condition of the American common man--his inability to realize the happiness promised by the American dream and the impurity of democracy in a society with marked economic classes. The author discusses the literary coherence--thematic rather than narrative--of Melville's work as illustrated by Israel Potter and as representative of the novelist's writing during the 1853-1856 period. He includes a brief analysis of Melville's conception of literary "truth" and a discussion of the peculiar role of comedy in the sad story of Israel Potter. Melville's insights into the political and social flaws of America "contain remarkable relevance for the contemporary reader."

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Publisher : Northwestern University Press
ISBN 13 : 0810105535
Total Pages : 413 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Israel Potter written by and published by Northwestern University Press. This book was released on with total page 413 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Herman Melville
Publisher : Northwestern University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780810115910
Total Pages : 254 pages
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Download or read book Israel Potter written by Herman Melville and published by Northwestern University Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Melville's eighth book was begun as a simple rewrite of an obscure little narrative entitled Life and Remarkable Adventures of Israel R. Potter, in which Israel tells the story of his sad fall from Revolutionary hero to London peddler. Following its opening chapter Melville's novel retells that tale, with close adherence to the language and events of the Life, and then, shaking free of the original narrative, alternately moves between invented episodes and historical sources unrelated to the Life. Israel Potter is unique among Melville's books. It is the only one to be offered in the guise of literal biography, the tale presuming to offer an accurate life history of the man Israel Potter who did in fact fight at Bunker Hill. It is also Melville's only historical novel: it presents famous men of the American Revolution - Benjamin Franklin, John Paul Jones, Ethan Allen, and others - in situations that are a matter of historical record.

Author : Herman Melville
Publisher : Delphi Classics
ISBN 13 : 1788774914
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Israel Potter by Herman Melville - Delphi Classics (Illustrated) written by Herman Melville and published by Delphi Classics. This book was released on 2017-07-17 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This eBook features the unabridged text of ‘Israel Potter by Herman Melville - Delphi Classics (Illustrated)’ from the bestselling edition of ‘The Complete Works of Herman Melville’. Having established their name as the leading publisher of classic literature and art, Delphi Classics produce publications that are individually crafted with superior formatting, while introducing many rare texts for the first time in digital print. The Delphi Classics edition of Melville includes original annotations and illustrations relating to the life and works of the author, as well as individual tables of contents, allowing you to navigate eBooks quickly and easily. eBook features: * The complete unabridged text of ‘Israel Potter by Herman Melville - Delphi Classics (Illustrated)’ * Beautifully illustrated with images related to Melville’s works * Individual contents table, allowing easy navigation around the eBook * Excellent formatting of the textPlease visit www.delphiclassics.com to learn more about our wide range of titles

Author : Israel Ralph POTTER
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
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Download or read book Life and Adventures of Israel Ralph Potter (1744-1826). [Reprinted from the Edition of 1824.]. written by Israel Ralph POTTER and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: