I am a fugitive from a Georgia chain gang! / / Robert E. Burns ; foreword to the Brown Thrasher edition by Matthew J. Mancini
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Burns Robert Elliott
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| Titolo: |
I am a fugitive from a Georgia chain gang! / / Robert E. Burns ; foreword to the Brown Thrasher edition by Matthew J. Mancini
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| Pubblicazione: | Athens, : University of Georgia Press, 1997 |
| Edizione: | Brown Thrasher ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (278 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 365/.6/092 |
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| Soggetto topico: | Criminals - Georgia |
| Convict labor - Georgia | |
| 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"" | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | The 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | I am a fugitive from a Georgia chain gang |
| ISBN: | 1-283-30372-8 |
| 9786613303721 | |
| 0-8203-4301-3 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910817836003321 |
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