John Dennis Fitzgerald

Although bedazzled by pretty Polly Reagan, thirteen-year-old Tom Fitzgerald's great brain and money-loving ways haven't changed a bit.

In turn-of-the-century Mormon Utah, Tom's great brain comes up with eight more schemes, most of them concerned with earning money

In turn-of-the-century Mormon Utah, The Great Brain struggles to stay reformed now that his friends have threatened to ostracize him if he pulls even one more swindle.

Ten-year-old Wally Stone turns his natural ability to find things and solve problems into a lucrative private detective business.

Ten-year-old Susan relates the adventures and frustrations of her family's wagon train west, culminating when her twelve-year-old brother is asked to turn himself over to the Indians in order to save the lives of the rest of the party.

The Great Brain faces the challenge of life at a strict Catholic boarding school with daring exploits and money-making schemes.

Story of the author's father and brother, two Irishmen who settled in a silver-mining town to Mormon territory, and how they gradually gained the respect and friendship of the Mormons.

In 1896 the Great Brain of Adenville, Utah, is almost twelve years old and more mischievous than ever in his practical jokes and schemes against everyone in town.

During summer vacation in 1898, J. D. arrives at a means of reforming his older brother, The Great brain, and ending his career as a swindler.

In the absence of his older brother, the Great Brain, J.D. finds that his own little brain can accomplish feats on a somewhat lesser scale.