Melville, Herman 1819-1891 creator text utu 2005 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats "Israel Potter: His Fifty Years of Exile" by Herman Melville is a novel published in 1855. Based on a real Revolutionary War veteran's memoir, it follows Israel Potter from the Battle of Bunker Hill through capture by the British and escape to England. There he encounters King George III, Benjamin Franklin, John Paul Jones, and Ethan Allen in a series of adventures. Despite his patriotic valor, Israel remains exiled in London poverty for decades before finally returning home fifty years later to a changed America. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel_Potter Release date is 2005-03-20 Dave Maddock, Mary Meehan and the PG Online Distributed Proofreading Team Original publication data not identified Potter, Israel, 1744-1826? -- Fiction PS Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/15422 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/15422 UtSlPG 260607 20260610133348.0 15422