1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910781844003321

Autore

Burns Robert Elliott

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Athens, : University of Georgia Press, 1997

ISBN

1-283-30372-8

9786613303721

0-8203-4301-3

Edizione

[Brown Thrasher ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (278 p.)

Disciplina

365/.6/092

B

Soggetti

Criminals - Georgia

Convict labor - Georgia

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally published: New York : Vanguard Press, 1932.

"Brown Thrasher books."

Nota di contenuto

""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""



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910349424303321

Titolo

Frontiers in Algorithmics : 12th International Workshop, FAW 2018, Guangzhou, China, May 8–10, 2018, Proceedings / / edited by Jianer Chen, Pinyan Lu

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2018

ISBN

9783319784557

3319784552

Edizione

[1st ed. 2018.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (X, 316 p.)

Collana

Theoretical Computer Science and General Issues, , 2512-2029 ; ; 10823

Disciplina

005.1

Soggetti

Algorithms

Computer science

Artificial intelligence - Data processing

Computer science - Mathematics

Discrete mathematics

Numerical analysis

Artificial intelligence

Theory of Computation

Data Science

Discrete Mathematics in Computer Science

Numerical Analysis

Artificial Intelligence

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Graph algorithms -- Parameterized algorithms -- Other algorighms.

Sommario/riassunto

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 12th International Workshop on Frontiers in Algorithmics, FAW 2018, held in Guangzhou, China, in May 2018. The 23 full papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 38 submissions. The papers of this workshop provide a focused forum on current trends of research on algorithms, discrete structures, and their applications.