The Life and Remarkable Adventures of
ISRAEL R. POTTER
The Life and Remarkable Adventures of
ISRAEL R. POTTER
The autobiography of America’s first tragichero—
the basis of Herman Melville’s famous novel
Introduction by Leonard Kriegel
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LIFE AND REMARKABLE
ADVENTURES OF ISRAEL R. POTTER
“Shortly after his return in infirm old age to his native land, alittle narrative of his adventures, forlornly published on sleazy graypaper, appeared among the peddlers, written, probably not by himself,but taken down from his lips by another. But like the crutch-marks ofthe cripple by the Beautiful Gate, this blurred record is now out ofprint.”
So Herman Melville, on June 17th, 1854, described this originalvolume in the Dedication (To His Highness,The Bunker Hill Monument) of his fictionalized versionof Potter’s autobiography.
The present edition is a faithful republication of Potter’s own story,reset from the Henry Trumbull printing in 1824. The reproduction of theoriginal title page and frontispiece illustration are from a copy inthe New York Public Library and used with their kind permission. Alsoreproduced is the title page and frontispiece illustration of the J.Howard printing in the same year.
In an Appendix, the final chapters of Herman Melville’s IsraelPotter have been reproduced from the 1855 first edition printing.
LIFE
and
REMARKABLE ADVENTURES
of
ISRAEL R. POTTER
Introduction by Leonard Kriegel
CONSULTING EDITOR: HENRY BAMFORD PARKES
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NEW YORK
LEONARD KRIEGEL is anInstructor of English at TheCity College of New York. He has edited a book on thepolitical philosophy of the Founding Fathers which is soonto be published and has written a number of stories andarticles.
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