Robert Burns was sentenced to serve on a chain gang. However he made an incredible escape, dodging bullets and bloodhounds, before embarking on an arduous and fraught ridden journey to Chicago, where he started a new life. This is the fascinating odyssey of a man who didn't just run from the law - he changed it.
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