Black fire, the true story of the original Tom Sawyer--and of the mysterious fires that baptized Gold Rush-era San Francisco, written and illustrated by Robert Graysmith
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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, written and illustrated by Robert Graysmith
Main title
  • Black fire
Sub title
  • the true story of the original Tom Sawyer--and of the mysterious fires that baptized Gold Rush-era San Francisco
Responsibility statement
  • written and illustrated by Robert Graysmith
Language
  • eng
Summary
  • First biography of the little-known real-life Tom Sawyer (a friend of Mark Twain during his brief tenure as a California newspaper reporter), told through a harrowing account of Sawyer's involvement in the hunt for a serial arsonist who terrorized mid-nineteenth century San Francisco
Bibliography note
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [259]-268)
Biography type
  • individual biography
Illustrations
  • illustrations
Index
  • no index present
Literary form
  • non fiction
Nature of contents
  • bibliography
OCLC Number
  • 773278509
Table of contents
  • 1. The man who burned down San Francisco: December 24, 1849-September 16, 1850 -- Broderick and the Christmas Eve catastrophe -- Sawyer -- Sleep runners and flying houses -- Broderick's Rogues -- Rainbow rivers of gold & silver -- 2. The lightkeeper: September 17, 1850-June 22, 1851 -- Tug of war -- The melting house -- The lodger -- The golden ring -- 3. Steaming with Twain & Sawyer: May 26, 1863-December 16, 1866 -- Steamers -- The fire girl -- Let us build a city
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