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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""