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Israel Potter

by Herman Melville · 1855 · 164 pages

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Herman Melville's "Israel Potter" is the Fictionalised tale of a man who really did fight in the American Revolution — a man who lived a life of very real adventure. After fighting in the revolution, he went on to be a part of the newly-established United States Navy, ended up serving as a secret courier for Benjamin Franklin Bits of this are fiction, and may be even more spectacular. . . .

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Genre
historical fictionwar and military
Setting
american revolutionlondonUSA
Audience
adult
Length
short · 164 pages

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