Project Gutenberg 2013-05-21 Public domain in the USA. 71 Snell, Roy J. (Roy Judson) 1878 1959 Snell, Roy Judson The Firebug Produced by Stephen Hutcheson, Rod Crawford, Dave Morgan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Firebug" by Roy J. Snell is a mystery novel written in the early 20th century. The story centers around Johnny Thompson, a young boy with aspirations to fight fires and catch arsonists, as he embarks on a thrilling adventure in pursuit of a mysterious firebug responsible for multiple arsons in his city, including a devastating fire at a school. The opening of the novel introduces readers to Johnny as he eagerly awaits an alarm for a fire, showcasing his deep interest in firefighting. He is soon thrust into action alongside the city’s fire chief, racing to a burning school where he boldly enters the flames to save a young girl named Tillie. As he navigates through the chaos of the fire and the concerned onlookers outside, he becomes invested in unraveling the mystery of the arsonist, which hints at a deeper connection to the troubling social circumstances surrounding the fires. Johnny's determination and courage set the tone for an engaging narrative filled with suspense and the theme of youthful heroism amidst danger. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/42755/42755-h/images/cover.jpg en Detective and mystery stories Arson -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Crime/Mystery Browsing: Fiction 307791 307800 2024-09-18T05:00:48.670148 2023-09-18T13:22:47.803972 text/html text/html 314262 2013-05-20T20:14:56 text/html; charset=utf-8 194601 2013-05-20T20:16:00 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 212062 2024-09-18T05:00:55.113254 application/epub+zip 223621 2024-09-18T05:00:50.520087 application/epub+zip 155452 2024-09-18T05:00:49.692100 application/epub+zip 325577 2024-09-18T05:00:58.627093 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 287324 2024-09-18T05:00:54.444093 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 219540 2022-09-19T14:06:43.584518 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 267814 2024-09-18T05:00:47.753093 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 273701 2013-05-20T20:14:54 text/plain; charset=utf-8 102108 2013-05-20T20:16:00 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 267626 2013-05-20T20:15:34 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 101334 2013-05-20T20:16:00 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20211 2024-09-18T05:00:58.790130 application/rdf+xml 13617 2024-09-18T05:00:49.794084 image/jpeg 2264 2024-09-18T05:00:49.741119 image/jpeg 197133 2024-09-18T05:00:48.704111 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia More titles under O'Hara, David