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Preceded by. Pierre: or, The Ambiguities. Followed by. The Piazza Tales. 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.
Resumen y sinopsis de Israel Potter de Herman Melville. En su novela se adivina la gran admiración de Melville por aquellos antepasados que, como Israel Potter, hicieron posible la independencia de la nación sin haber recibido ninguna compensación por ello.
Israel Potter, fictionalized story by Herman Melville of an American who fought in the War of Independence and of his subsequent struggles for survival. It was published serially in 1854–55 in Putnam’s Monthly Magazine and in 1855 in book form. This short picaresque novel was based on a historical.
Sinopsis de ISRAEL POTTER. Herman Melville desciende de reconocidos héroes que libraron la Guerra de la Independencia contra Inglaterra, que es precisamente el asunto de «Israel Potter». Su abuelo materno fue un general que destacó por su valentía en el combate, y el paterno, un veterano de la revolución muy respetado en Boston.
Editorial CÁTEDRA. Año de edición 2008. ISBN 9788437624280. Idioma Español. Detalle de votaciones. Recomendar. Resumen. Herman Melville desciende de reconocidos héroes que libraron la Guerra de la Independencia contra Inglaterra, que es precisamente el asunto de "Israel Potter".
20 de mar. de 2005 · Such, at this day, is the country which gave birth to our hero: prophetically styled Israel by the good Puritans, his parents, since, for more than forty years, poor Potter wandered in the wild wilderness of the world’s extremest hardships and ills.
Israel Potter starts with Potter's life before the Revolution and leads up to his service in the army. He's captured and sent to England and that's where the action really begins. He begins trying to escape and has amazing adventures, including being used as a spy by Benjamin Franklin.
