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THE BIRTHPLACE OF ISRAEL.](arke:01KG8AJHFMBAB9MB1FX78RYMZR)\n*   [CHAPTER II. THE YOUTHFUL ADVENTURES OF ISRAEL.](arke:01KG8AJHFM4S3HHFVTHGZ033WY)\n*   [CHAPTER III. ISRAEL GOES TO THE WARS; AND REACHING BUNKER HILL IN TIME TO BE OF SERVICE THERE, SOON AFTER IS FORCED TO EXTEND HIS TRAVELS ACROSS THE](arke:01KG8AJHFMCDZKHPXTDK6NQM6D)\n*   [CHAPTER IV. FURTHER WANDERINGS OF THE REFUGEE, WITH SOME ACCOUNT OF A GOOD KNIGHT OF BRENTFORD WHO BEFRIENDED HIM.](arke:01KG8AJHFMR6R4CCG9PCNQ5FDA)\n*   [CHAPTER V. ISRAEL IN THE LION’S DEN.](arke:01KG8AJHFQP29KQ09WMGVG54R1)\n*   [CHAPTER VI. ISRAEL MAKES THE ACQUAINTANCE OF CERTAIN SECRET FRIENDS OF AMERICA, ONE OF THEM BEING THE FAMOUS AUTHOR OF THE “DIVERSIONS OF PURLEY,” THESE DESPATCH HIM ON A SLY ERRAND ACROSS THE CHANNEL.](arke:01KG8AJHFMFJW3QNPRWK5HSTKQ)\n*   [CHAPTER VII.](arke:01KG8AJHFQE8BQF89PD6K8FN70)\n*   [CHAPTER VIII. WHICH HAS SOMETHING TO SAY ABOUT DR. FRANKLIN AND THE LATIN QUARTER.](arke:01KG8AJJ1ZGSM27E73B2NAYBXX)\n*   [CHAPTER IX. ISRAEL IS INITIATED INTO THE MYSTERIES OF LODGING-HOUSES IN THE LATIN QUARTER.](arke:01KG8AJJ212KH6VW4PD96ZS3YF)\n*   [CHAPTER X. ANOTHER ADVENTURER APPEARS UPON THE SCENE.](arke:01KG8AJJ26N7N0C417TC8ET2RR)\n*   [CHAPTER XI. PAUL JONES IN A REVERIE.](arke:01KG8AJJ2100ZTQDZNX24CBV1P)\n*   [CHAPTER XII. RECROSSING THE CHANNEL, ISRAEL RETURNS TO THE SQUIRE’S ABODE—HIS ADVENTURES THERE.](arke:01KG8AJJ20F155CN1VA4X6YHX3)\n*   [CHAPTER XIII. HIS ESCAPE FROM THE HOUSE, WITH VARIOUS ADVENTURES FOLLOWING.](arke:01KG8AJJ261FWJ1RK528BTY9AX)\n*   [CHAPTER XIV. IN WHICH ISRAEL IS SAILOR UNDER TWO FLAGS, AND IN THREE SHIPS, AND ALL IN ONE NIGHT.](arke:01KG8AJJ2DZZK95NXNEVKJHN3D)\n*   [CHAPTER XV. THEY SAIL AS FAR AS THE CRAG OF AILSA.](arke:01KG8AJJ2BS6J4A9ZFCQ5A5GJ8)\n*   [CHAPTER XVI. THEY LOOK IN AT CARRICKFERGUS, AND DESCEND ON WHITEHAVEN.](arke:01KG8AJJ2BDJ8N0FXM1C21XVSG)\n*   [CHAPTER XVII. THEY CALL AT THE EARL OF SELKIRK’S, AND AFTERWARDS FIGHT THE SHIP-OF-WAR DRAKE.](arke:01KG8AJJ2A7N87KT834RNHTNPX)\n*   [CHAPTER XVIII. THE EXPEDITION THAT SAILED FROM GROIX.](arke:01KG8AJJRQ70FGB5WT6Z54FG38)\n*   [CHAPTER XIX. THEY FIGHT THE SERAPIS.](arke:01KG8AJJRQ4SKWG11NYNT96ERE)\n*   [CHAPTER XX. THE SHUTTLE.](arke:01KG8AJJRQA5EDSW298W4T2SYR)\n*   [CHAPTER XXI. SAMSON AMONG THE PHILISTINES.](arke:01KG8AJJRT3BSKR423BGDM4MS8)\n*   [CHAPTER XXII. SOMETHING FURTHER OF ETHAN ALLEN; WITH ISRAEL’S FLIGHT TOWARDS THE WILDERNESS.](arke:01KG8AJJRT48TB2TKJX44CVWC1)\n*   [CHAPTER XXIII. ISRAEL IN EGYPT.](arke:01KG8AJJRTSPPV0WM71TZXDPYD)\n*   [CHAPTER XXIV. CONTINUED.](arke:01KG8AJJRWK23SMRRZNAND3MSF)\n*   [CHAPTER XXV. IN THE CITY OF DIS.](arke:01KG8AJJRWBE8SV99PER96J4GW)\n*   [CHAPTER XXVI. FORTY-FIVE YEARS.](arke:01KG8AJJRWNYCFCKFX5G6XWAGY)\n*   [CHAPTER XXVII. REQUIESCAT IN PACE.](arke:01KG8AJJRW0X9WGP6T2MJ7WX66)\n\nThe novel concludes with [THE END.](arke:01KG8AJKM648GGFQV1FJEHN8BY).","description_generated_at":"2026-01-30T20:48:45.883Z","description_model":"gemini-2.5-flash-lite","description_title":"Israel Potter: His Fifty Years of Exile","end_line":7483,"extracted_at":"2026-01-30T20:47:24.238Z","extracted_by":"structure-extraction-lambda","label":"Israel Potter: His Fifty Years of Exile","source_file":"01KG89J1DKC9HHJRKY25JZBEXW","start_line":1,"title":"Israel Potter: His Fifty Years of Exile"},"relationships":[{"peer":"01KG89J1DKC9HHJRKY25JZBEXW","peer_type":"file","predicate":"in"},{"peer":"01KG89J1DKC9HHJRKY25JZBEXW","peer_type":"file","predicate":"extractedFrom"},{"peer":"01KG89HMDZKNY753EZE1CJ8HZW","peer_type":"collection","predicate":"collection"},{"peer":"01KG8AJHFG2FF72NJPYPHFKDPF","peer_type":"intro","predicate":"contains"},{"peer":"01KG8AJHFM1AW6AR4S95J52CVK","peer_type":"frontmatter","predicate":"contains"},{"peer":"01KG8AJHFHGVMT6J7DT3SXY5EY","peer_type":"toc","predicate":"contains"},{"peer":"01KG8AJHFMBAB9MB1FX78RYMZR","peer_type":"chapter","predicate":"contains"},{"peer":"01KG8AJHFM4S3HHFVTHGZ033WY","peer_type":"chapter","predicate":"contains"},{"peer":"01KG8AJHFMCDZKHPXTDK6NQM6D","peer_type":"chapter","predicate":"contains"},{"peer":"01KG8AJHFMR6R4CCG9PCNQ5FDA","peer_type":"chapter","predicate":"contains"},{"peer":"01KG8AJHFQP29KQ09WMGVG54R1","peer_type":"chapter","predicate":"contains"},{"peer":"01KG8AJHFMFJW3QNPRWK5HSTKQ","peer_type":"chapter","predicate":"contains"},{"peer":"01KG8AJHFQE8BQF89PD6K8FN70","peer_type":"chapter","predicate":"contains"},{"peer":"01KG8AJJ1ZGSM27E73B2NAYBXX","peer_type":"chapter","predicate":"contains"},{"peer":"01KG8AJJ212KH6VW4PD96ZS3YF","peer_type":"chapter","predicate":"contains"},{"peer":"01KG8AJJ26N7N0C417TC8ET2RR","peer_type":"chapter","predicate":"contains"},{"peer":"01KG8AJJ2100ZTQDZNX24CBV1P","peer_type":"chapter","predicate":"contains"},{"peer":"01KG8AJJ20F155CN1VA4X6YHX3","peer_type":"chapter","predicate":"contains"},{"peer":"01KG8AJJ261FWJ1RK528BTY9AX","peer_type":"chapter","predicate":"contains"},{"peer":"01KG8AJJ2DZZK95NXNEVKJHN3D","peer_type":"chapter","predicate":"contains"},{"peer":"01KG8AJJ2BS6J4A9ZFCQ5A5GJ8","peer_type":"chapter","predicate":"contains"},{"peer":"01KG8AJJ2BDJ8N0FXM1C21XVSG","peer_type":"chapter","predicate":"contains"},{"peer":"01KG8AJJ2A7N87KT834RNHTNPX","peer_type":"chapter","predicate":"contains"},{"peer":"01KG8AJJRQ70FGB5WT6Z54FG38","peer_type":"chapter","predicate":"contains"},{"peer":"01KG8AJJRQ4SKWG11NYNT96ERE","peer_type":"chapter","predicate":"contains"},{"peer":"01KG8AJJRQA5EDSW298W4T2SYR","peer_type":"chapter","predicate":"contains"},{"peer":"01KG8AJJRT3BSKR423BGDM4MS8","peer_type":"chapter","predicate":"contains"},{"peer":"01KG8AJJRT48TB2TKJX44CVWC1","peer_type":"chapter","predicate":"contains"},{"peer":"01KG8AJJRTSPPV0WM71TZXDPYD","peer_type":"chapter","predicate":"contains"},{"peer":"01KG8AJJRWK23SMRRZNAND3MSF","peer_type":"chapter","predicate":"contains"},{"peer":"01KG8AJJRWBE8SV99PER96J4GW","peer_type":"chapter","predicate":"contains"},{"peer":"01KG8AJJRWNYCFCKFX5G6XWAGY","peer_type":"chapter","predicate":"contains"},{"peer":"01KG8AJJRW0X9WGP6T2MJ7WX66","peer_type":"chapter","predicate":"contains"},{"peer":"01KG8AJKM648GGFQV1FJEHN8BY","peer_type":"backmatter","predicate":"contains"}],"ver":3,"created_at":"2026-01-30T20:47:24.377Z","ts":"2026-01-30T20:48:46.281Z","edited_by":{"method":"manual","user_id":"01KFF5C36SQEVDHC9CBNZZJH9K"}}