num_pages: 164
description: 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. . . .
language: English
title: Israel Potter
titlecomplete: Israel Potter
characters: Israel Potter
genres: Classics, United States, Adventure, Fiction, Novels, Historical Fiction, Literature, 19th Century, American, Americana
ratings_count: 383
publisher: Alan Rodgers Books