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Black Fire: The True Story of the Original Tom Sawyer---and of the Mysterious Fires That Baptized Gold Rush-Era San Francisco
Black Fire The True Story of the Original Tom Sawyerand of the Mysterious Fires That Baptized Gold RushEra San Francisco
Author: Robert Graysmith
When twenty-eight-year-old San Francisco Daily Morning Call reporter Mark Twain met Tom Sawyer at a local bathhouse in 1863, he was seeking a subject for his first novel. As Twain steamed, played cards, and drank beer with Sawyer (a volunteer firefighter, customs inspector, and local hero responsible for having saved ninety lives at sea), he had...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9781452609256
ISBN-10: 145260925X
Publication Date: 10/30/2012
Edition: Unabridged,Unabridge
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Publisher: Tantor Media
Book Type: Audio CD
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Very well researched; I learned a lot about SF history in the 2 years it covers. It's pretty repetitious in the descriptions and locations of the fires.


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