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Inaccuracies

I happen to own this book, and I have a problem with this article for several reasons.

This is not a "novel." It is a nonfiction book. In the main, I can say that it appears to be a description of the plot of the *movie* not the book.

The book is not about a "Robert Allen." It is about the author, Burns. The wife is not named "Woods." She is a Spanish lady by the name of Pacheo. I suggest that this entire article borders on being a hoax. Please compare this article with Robert Elliott Burns, which is accurate. This book tells the true story of Burns and does not follow the plot of the movie.--Stetsonharry (talk) 03:36, 8 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I see from cursory research that the original title of this book was "I am a Fugitive From a Georgia Chain Gang." The copy that I have omits "Georgia" and was a tie-in with the motiion picture, but the original definitely had "Georgia" in the title. I respectfully disagree about the notability notice and have removed it. This book was made into a major motion picture so it satisfies notability guidelines.

This article needs to be renamed to reflect the word "Georgia" and the fact that it is not a novel.--Stetsonharry (talk) 14:53, 8 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I have "redirected" the article to the correct title, "I am a Fugitive From a Georgia Chain Gang." My apologies and a correction in what I said earlier. My edition *does* have the word "Georgia" in the title.--Stetsonharry (talk) 18:17, 8 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

You should have done a "move" as that takes the history and talk page. A redirect is still created but next time something like this happens a move is the better option. Sting au Buzz Me... 23:20, 8 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry, that was my first renaming. Is it too late to do a move?--Stetsonharry (talk) 19:44, 9 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I merged the page histories to fix the cut-and-paste move. —Lowellian (reply) 08:22, 6 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Article History Notice

Being new to this, I renamed this article by using a "redirect" rather than a "move." This apparently makes the article editing history invisible. I apologize for that. To see the original editing history, please refer to the original article, I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (novel)--Stetsonharry (talk) 17:25, 10 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I merged the page histories to fix the cut-and-paste move. —Lowellian (reply) 08:22, 6 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Notability

I believe that this book meets the notability guidelines for books, because it meets one of the criteria. It was adapted into a major motion picture, starring Paul Muni, entitled "I am a Fugitive From a Chain Gang." Since the article says that, I am removing the notability notice.--Stetsonharry (talk) 16:42, 9 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Author is brother?

I ran into this and haven't investigated. "Vincent Godrey Burns, poet laureate of Maryland since 1962, was the actual author of "I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang,” published under his brother’s name. Burns collected the material from his brother’s recollections of prisoner treatment.""The Evening Sun from Hanover, Pennsylvania on November 10, 1973 · Page 22". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2022-04-09. StrayBolt (talk) 04:12, 9 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]