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Black Fire: The True Story of the Original Tom Sawyer--and of the Mysterious Fires That Baptized Gold Rush-Era San Francisco
Black Fire The True Story of the Original Tom Sawyerand of the Mysterious Fires That Baptized Gold RushEra San Francisco
Author: Robert Graysmith
The first biography of the little-known real-life Tom Sawyer, told through a harrowing account of Sawyer's involvement in the hunt for a serial arsonist who terrorized mid-nineteenth century San Francisco. — When San Francisco Daily Morning Call reporter Mark Twain met Tom Sawyer in 1863, he was seeking a subject for his first novel. He learned t...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780307720573
ISBN-10: 0307720578
Publication Date: 10/29/2013
Pages: 288
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Publisher: Broadway Books
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio CD
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Very well researched; I learned a lot about SF history in the 2 years it covers. It's pretty repetitious in the descriptions and locations of the fires.


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