John Dennis Fitzgerald

The exploits of the Great Brain of Adenville, Utah are described by his younger brother, frequently the victim of the Great Brain's schemes for gaining prestige or money.

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

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.