Originally published in 1969, the second of eight best-selling Great Brain titles continues the story of J. D., a nine-year-old boy living in Utah in 1897, and his older brother Tom, aka The Great Brain, a silver-tongued con artist with a genius for making a profit. New episodes follow Tom as he teaches Britches Dotty how to be a girl, scoops his Papa's own newspaper, and convinces the whole town that there's a prehistoric monster on the loose.