Bibliograph

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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Label

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

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages [259]-268)

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Black fire

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

773278509

Responsibility statement

written and illustrated by Robert Graysmith

Sub title

the true story of the original Tom Sawyer--and of the mysterious fires that baptized Gold Rush-era San Francisco

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

Table Of Contents

Dramatis Personae -- Prologue -- pt. 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 and Silver -- pt. 2. The lightkeeper : September 17, 1850-June 22, 1851 -- Tug of War -- The Melting House -- The Lodger -- The Golden Ring -- pt. 3. Steaming with Twain and Sawyer : May 26, 1863-December 16, 1866 -- Steamers -- The Fire Girl -- Let Us Build a City

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