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The Making and Influence of I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
Overview
Robert E. Burns, a World War I veteran coerced into taking part in a petty crime in Atlanta, Georgia, was sentenced to hard labor on a chain gang in 1922. Twice escaping and on the lam for decades, he was aided only by his minister-poet brother, Vincent G. Burns. Their collaborative work, I Am a Fugitive from a Georgia Chain Gang! was the basis for Darryl F. Zanuck's and Mervyn Leroy's hard-hitting 1932 film adaptation from Warner Bros. This book traces the making and influence of the film--which launched a string of imitators--and the Burns brothers' efforts to obtain a pardon for Robert, which never came.
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- ISBN-13: 9780786466771
- ISBN-10: 0786466774
- Publisher: McFarland & Company
- Publish Date: October 2016
- Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.5 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.65 pounds
- Page Count: 228
- Reading Level: Ages 18-UP
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