Title Black fire : the true story of the original Tom Sawyer---and of the mysterious fires that baptized gold rush-era San Francisco / Robert Graysmith.

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[Old Saybrook, Conn.] : Tantor Media, 2012.

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Edition	Unabridged.
Description	1 online resource (1 sound file)
Performer	Read by the author.
Audience	General adult.
Note	Hard copy version record.
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.
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.
Subject	Sawyer, Tom, 1832-1906.
	Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 -- Friends and associates.
	Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 -- Sources.
	Sawyer, Tom, 1832-1906. (OCoLC)fst01928847
	Adventure and adventurers -- California -- San Francisco -- Biography.
	Twain, Mark, 1835-1910. (OCoLC)fst00031622
	Fires -- California -- San Francisco -- History -- 19th century.
	Arson -- California -- San Francisco -- History -- 19th century.
	Fire fighters -- California -- San Francisco -- Biography.
	Sawyer, Tom (Fictitious character)
	San Francisco (Calif.) -- History -- 19th century.
	BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY. -- General.
	HISTORY. -- Modern. -- 19th Century.
	HISTORY. -- United States. -- State & Local.
	HISTORY. -- General.
	HISTORY. -- United States. -- General.
	BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Historical.
	HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- General.
	Adventure and adventurers. (OCoLC)fst00797447
	Arson. (OCoLC)fst00815158
	Fire fighters. (OCoLC)fst00925379
	Fires. (OCoLC)fst00925697
	Friendship. (OCoLC)fst00935174
	Sawyer, Tom (Fictitious character) (OCoLC)fst01106153
	California -- San Francisco. (OCoLC)fst01204481
Chronological Term	1800-1899
Genre/Form	Audiobooks. (OCoLC)fst01726208
	Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
	History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
	Sources. (OCoLC)fst01423900
	Audiobooks.
Added Author	Tantor Media.
Other Form:	Source record: Graysmith, Robert. Black fire. Retail ed. [Old Saybrook, Ct.] : Tantor Media, Inc., 2012 9780307720566 (OCoLC)800740631
ISBN	9781452609256 (electronic audio bk.)
	145260925X (electronic audio bk.)
	9780307720566 (electronic audio bk.)
	030772056X (electronic audio bk.)

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