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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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 that Sawyer was a volunteer firefighter, local hero, and a former "Torch Boy," racing ahead of hand-drawn...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0307720578
ISBN13:9780307720573
Release Date:October 2013
Publisher:Crown Publishing Group (NY)
Length:288 Pages
Weight:0.60 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 5.2" x 8.1"
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