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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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| 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 | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| 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"" | |
| 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.: | 9910457699103321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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