Black Fire: The True Story of the Original Tom Sawyer---and of the Mysterious Fires That Baptized Gold Rush-Era San Francisco: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Black Fire: The True Story of the Original Tom Sawyer---and of the Mysterious Fires That Baptized Gold Rush-Era San Francisco audiobook runs 12 hours unabridged, narrated by Robert Graysmith (about 8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 12 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 24 days |
| 1 hour / day | 12 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 8 days |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 12 hours, it runs longer than 70% of the 7,179 World audiobooks in our catalog.
About as long, on the World shelf
1,001 World audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
Black Fire: The True Story of the Original Tom Sawyer---and of the Mysterious Fires That Baptized Gold Rush-Era San Francisco is an audiobook by Robert Graysmith: a 12-hour unabridged recording, read by Robert Graysmith, released October 30, 2012, on the World and The Americas shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12 hrs
- Narrated by
- Robert Graysmith
- Released
- October 30, 2012
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- World, The Americas, Biography & Memoir
- ISBN
- 9781452679259
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Black Fire: The True Story of the Original Tom Sawyer---and of the Mysterious Fires That Baptized Gold Rush-Era San Francisco audiobook?
Black Fire: The True Story of the Original Tom Sawyer---and of the Mysterious Fires That Baptized Gold Rush-Era San Francisco runs 12 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8 hours.
Is the Black Fire: The True Story of the Original Tom Sawyer---and of the Mysterious Fires That Baptized Gold Rush-Era San Francisco audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates 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 Sawyer---and of the Mysterious Fires That Baptized Gold Rush-Era San Francisco is narrated by Robert Graysmith.
Is Black Fire: The True Story of the Original Tom Sawyer---and of the Mysterious Fires That Baptized Gold Rush-Era San Francisco worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8 hours, saving 4 hours.