{"product_id":"i-am-a-fugitive-from-robert-burns-9780820319438","title":"I Am a Fugitive from a Georgia Chain Gang!","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eI Am a Fugitive from a Georgia Chain Gang \u003c\/i\u003e is the amazing true story of one man's search for meaning, fall from grace, and eventual victory over injustice. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 1921, Robert E. Burns was a shell-shocked and penniless veteran who found himself at the mercy of Georgia's barbaric penal system when he fell in with a gang of petty thieves. Sentenced to six to ten years' hard labor for his part in a robbery that netted less than $6.00, Burns was shackled to a county chain gang. After four months of backbreaking work, he made a daring escape, dodging shotgun blasts, racing through swamps, and eluding bloodhounds on his way north. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor seven years Burns lived as a free man. He married and became a prosperous Chicago businessman and publisher. When he fell in love with another woman, however, his jealous wife turned him in to the police, who arrested him as a fugitive from justice. Although he was promised lenient treatment and a quick pardon, he was back on a chain gang within a month. Undaunted, Burns did the impossible and escaped a second time, this time to New Jersey. He was still a hunted man living in hiding when this book was first published in 1932. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe book and its movie version, nominated for a Best Picture Oscar in 1933, shocked the world by exposing Georgia's brutal treatment of prisoners. \u003ci\u003eI Am a Fugitive from a Georgia Chain Gang \u003c\/i\u003e is a daring and heartbreaking book, an odyssey of misfortune, love, betrayal, adventure, and, above all, the unshakable courage and inner strength of the fugitive himself.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert Burns\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0820319430\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780820319438\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Georgia Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/1997\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.80d","brand":"Robert Burns","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43996153479423,"sku":"9780820319438","price":25.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6c5cbf54-b687-4b52-a409-cc73d27167aa.jpg?v=1683340032","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/i-am-a-fugitive-from-robert-burns-9780820319438","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}