![]() ![]() Doctorow, but he changed jobs before the manuscript was completed. A third book was requested by the editor, E.L. Those books were set in Adenville, Utah, at the end of the 19th century. Papa Married a Mormon and its sequel, Mama's Boarding House, were published in 19 respectively. The publisher's note in The Great Brain Is Back, published after the death of the author, recounts the story of the series' origin. A small village called Adenville briefly existed near Cedar City, about which little is known. Fitzgerald was born in Price, Utah, several references in the stories suggest Adenville is located in Utah's "Dixie" in the southwestern corner of the state. Mayer did the original cover illustrations for the first seven books as well, but Carl Cassler re-did the cover illustrations for some of the reprints of the first seven books.Īlthough John D. ![]() Mercer Mayer originally illustrated the books, except for 1995's The Great Brain Is Back (which was illustrated by Diane deGroat). The Great Brain was made into a movie released in 1978, with the main character played by Jimmy Osmond. Chronicled by the first-person voice of John Dennis Fitzgerald, the stories mainly center on the escapades of John's mischievous older brother, Tom Dennis Fitzgerald, a.k.a. Set in the small town of Adenville, Utah, between 18, the stories are loosely based on Fitzgerald's childhood experiences. The Great Brain is a series of children's books by American author John Dennis Fitzgerald (1906–1988). ![]()
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