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

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Graysmith, Robert
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Crown Publishers
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[2012]
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1st ed
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English
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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.
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Adventure and adventurers
Adventure and adventurers -- California -- San Francisco -- Biography
Arson
Arson -- California -- San Francisco -- History -- 19th century
Fire fighters
Fire fighters -- California -- San Francisco -- Biography
Fires
Fires -- California -- San Francisco -- History -- 19th century
Friends and associates
History
San Francisco (Calif.) -- Biography
San Francisco (Calif.) -- History -- 19th century
Sawyer, Tom
Sawyer, Tom, -- 1832-1906
Sawyer, Tom -- (Fictitious character)
Twain, Mark
Twain, Mark, -- 1835-1910 -- Friends and associates
Twain, Mark, -- 1835-1910 -- Sources
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