I Am a Fugitive from a Georgia Chain Gang!
I Am a Fugitive from a Georgia Chain Gang! is the amazing true story of one man's search for meaning, fall from grace, and eventual victory over injustice. In 1921, Robert E. Burns was a shell-shocked and penniless veteran who found himself at the mercy of Georgia's barbaric penal system w...
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| Language: | English |
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University of Georgia Press
1997
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Table of Contents:
- 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.
