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Autore |
Burns Robert Elliott |
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Titolo |
I am a fugitive from a Georgia chain gang! [[electronic resource] /] / Robert E. Burns ; foreword to the Brown Thrasher edition by Matthew J. Mancini |
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Athens, : University of Georgia Press, 1997 |
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ISBN |
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1-283-30372-8 |
9786613303721 |
0-8203-4301-3 |
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Edizione |
[Brown Thrasher ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (278 p.) |
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Soggetti |
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Criminals - Georgia |
Convict labor - Georgia |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Originally published: New York : Vanguard Press, 1932. |
"Brown Thrasher books." |
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Nota di contenuto |
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""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""Introduction""; ""I. The War Makes a Wanderer""; ""II. The Wanderer Gets into a Jam""; ""III. An Introduction to the Georgia Chain Gang""; ""IV. A Decision to ""Run Out""; ""V. Breaking the Shackles""; ""VI. Running the Gauntlet Through Georgia""; ""VII. To Chicago and�Freedom""; ""VIII. An Unfortunate Marriage""; ""IX. Success, Romance and�Betrayal""; ""X. The Heavy Hand of Unfeeling Law""; ""XI. In the Coils of Legal Red Tape""; ""XII. The Fight against Extradition""; ""XIII. Back to the Horrors of the Gang"" |
""XIV. A Request for Money�and a Transfer""""XV. Life at the Troup County Stockade""; ""XVI. Excitement Among the Convicts""; ""XVII. A Hearing Before the Prison Commission""; ""XVIII. Some Interesting Sidelights on Chain-Gang Life""; ""XIX. The Depths of Despair""; ""XX. Hope Revived Once More""; ""XXI. The Serious Barrier of Georgia Prejudice""; ""XXII. Driven to Desperation""; ""XXIII. Preparation for a Daring Break""; ""XXIV. Another Try at Breaking the Gang""; ""XXV. Almost Recaptured""; ""XXVI. Out of Georgia to an Unknown Destination""; ""XXVII. A Fugitive in his Native Land"" |
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