Israel Potter: His Fifty Years of Exile

by Herman Melville

Table of Contents

Dedication
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 Present at the Battle, Soon After Finds Himself a Prisoner of War
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 in England
Chapter VII - After a Curious Adventure upon the Dovers Cliffs, Israel Enters the Gate of the World
Chapter VIII - Which Has Something to Say about Doctor 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
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
Chapter XV - They Fight the Serapis
Chapter XVI - The Shuttle
Chapter XVII - Dogged in London, Israel Enters upon a New Course of Life
Chapter XVIII - Israel as a Brickmaker
Chapter XIX - An Overture to a Quarrel, and the Beginning of an Acquaintanceship
Chapter XX - Doings at the Sign of the Red Lion
Chapter XXI - Doings at the Sign of the Red Lion (concluded)
Chapter XXII - Something Further of Doings at the Sign of the Red Lion
Chapter XXIII - Israel in Egypt
Chapter XXIV - In the City of Dis
Chapter XXV - Doings of Israel at the Bridge
Chapter XXVI - Doings of Israel Returning from the Bridge
Chapter XXVII - Doings of Israel upon the Return Journey