LEADER 03272nam 2200625Ia 450 001 9910817836003321 005 20240515220136.0 010 $a1-283-30372-8 010 $a9786613303721 010 $a0-8203-4301-3 035 $a(CKB)2550000000063047 035 $a(EBL)3039062 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000537745 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11368546 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000537745 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10554516 035 $a(PQKB)11543335 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3039062 035 $a(OCoLC)835484112 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse17866 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3039062 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10508839 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL330372 035 $a(OCoLC)778616681 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000063047 100 $a19970401e19971932 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aI am a fugitive from a Georgia chain gang! /$fRobert E. Burns ; foreword to the Brown Thrasher edition by Matthew J. Mancini 205 $aBrown Thrasher ed. 210 $aAthens $cUniversity of Georgia Press$d1997 215 $a1 online resource (278 p.) 300 $aOriginally published: New York : Vanguard Press, 1932. 300 $a"Brown Thrasher books." 311 $a0-8203-1943-0 327 $a""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 anda???Freedom""; ""VIII. An Unfortunate Marriage""; ""IX. Success, Romance anda???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"" 327 $a""XIV. A Request for Moneya???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"" 330 $aThe book and its movie version, nominated for a Best Picture Oscar in 1933, shocked the world by exposing Georgia's brutal treatment of prisoners. This is an amazing true story, an odyssey of misfortune, love, betrayal, adventure, and, above all, the unshakable courage and inner strength of the fugitive himself. 606 $aCriminals$zGeorgia$vBiography 606 $aConvict labor$zGeorgia 615 0$aCriminals 615 0$aConvict labor 676 $a365/.6/092 676 $aB 700 $aBurns$b Robert Elliott$01707317 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910817836003321 996 $aI am a fugitive from a Georgia chain gang$94095453 997 $aUNINA