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Remarkable escape tale from penal colony to Dutch Guiana
Bourdet an escaped convict relates a dramatic 1851 sentence to long years of toil, his 1885 breakout with five others, a perilous raft voyage, fever, ambush by Indians, a fatal serpent attack, and a trek to Georgetown then Prague. After gold mine work and robbing reception in Prague he returns to Paris and ends up pleading to be sent back to the penal settlement.
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Cochefort
Paris Detective Service
Bourdet
Pens
French Guiana
Dutch Guiana
Managal
Georgetown
Prager
Paris