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.
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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Language: | English |
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New York :
Crown,
[2012], ©2012.
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Edition: | First edition. |
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Physical Description: | x, 268 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm |
Format: | Book |
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. |
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Call Number: | F869.S353 S294 2012 |
Bibliography Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [259]-268). |
ISBN: | 9780307720566 030772056X |