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  Encyclopedia Brown - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Brown lives in the fictional Idaville, Florida, where his father is chief of police.
Brown is sometimes assisted in his investigations by his friend (and "muscle") Sally Kimball.
Encyclopedia Brown invariably solves the case by exposing this inconsistency, but this part of the story is placed at the end of the book; the bulk of the story ends just at the moment when readers are invited to solve the case themselves, or flip to the section in the back with the answers.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Encyclopedia_Brown   (650 words)

  
 New Georgia Encyclopedia: Thomas Brown (1750-1825)
Born in 1750 in Whitby on the North Sea coast of England, Brown was the son of a wealthy merchant and alum manufacturer.
When he recovered Brown rallied Loyalists in the South Carolina upcountry but was advised by the royal governor, Sir William Campbell, to await the arrival of British troops.
Brown formed his regiment of rangers, recruited Indian allies, and began a campaign of harassment of the Georgia frontiers.
www.georgiaencyclopedia.org /nge/Article.jsp?id=h-1090   (1077 words)

  
 New Georgia Encyclopedia: Watson-Brown Foundation   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Brown, the Watson-Brown Foundation at inception was given a mission largely inspired by the Byrnes Foundation, the charitable legacy of James F. Byrnes, Walter J. Brown's longtime colleague and friend.
Brown's father, Georgia commissioner of agriculture J. Brown, was a friend and political ally of Watson's.
Brown was never directly involved in the management of his foundation, but he gave it broad direction and funded it throughout his life.
www.georgiaencyclopedia.org /nge/Article.jsp?id=h-1972   (575 words)

  
 Dan Brown - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Brown's father Richard G. Brown was a prominent mathematics teacher, writing textbooks and teaching high school mathematics at Phillips Exeter Academy from 1962 until his retirement in 1997.
Brown is interested in cryptography, keys, and codes, which are a recurring theme in his stories.
Brown states that during his junior year at Amherst College, he went to Europe to study art history at the University of Seville in Spain, which is where he first began seriously studying the works of Leonardo da Vinci.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dan_Brown   (2326 words)

  
 Encyclopedia Brown Boy Detective   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Encyclopedia was sitting in the garage with Sally Kimball, his junior partner and the prettiest girl in the Fifth grade.
Encyclopedia was worried because business had been slow lately, and Dad was asking for the rent on the garage again.
Encyclopedia had to admire the workmanship that had gone into it It had a roof, a rope ladder and everything.
www.gvu.gatech.edu /people/Phd/Noel.Rappin/GravityWeb/encyclopediabrownboydetect.html   (1467 words)

  
 Encyclopedia Brown: All Your Kickball Base Are Belong To Us
Encyclopedia Brown had basically been responsible for solving every crime committed in South Central Los Angeles since he was two years old.
One day, Encyclopedia was at DPS headquarters watching his favorite show, Law and Order: Cases with Silly Alliterative Names Unit (a close second to Law and Order: Playground Monitors), when a gangly Computer Science major burst through the front door, screaming for help, followed by an unruly horde of students brandishing pitchforks.
Encyclopedia Brown had long thought that it was an unfortunate decision of the Board of Trustees to allow pitchforks to be sold at Commons.
www-scf.usc.edu /~kickball/encyclopediabrown.html   (1075 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Secret Pitch (Encyclopedia Brown): Books: Donald J. Sobol,Leonard W. ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Disgusting Sneakers by Donald J. Sobol
Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Treasure Hunt (Encyclopedia Brown) by Donald J. Sobol
Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Slippery Salamander (Encyclopedia Brown) by Donald J. Sobol
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0553157361?v=glance   (717 words)

  
 Encyclopedia Brown
Encyclopedia lives in Idaville, Florida, often referred to as a typical American town.
Encyclopedia Brown Lends A Hand (1974, AKA The Case of the Exploding Plumbing)
Encyclopedia Brown And The Case Of The Slippery Salamander
www.thrillingdetective.com /eyes/encyclopedia.html   (441 words)

  
 FoE! Log #17: Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Mysterious "Senior" Editor   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Although everyone credited Chief Brown of the Idaville police for this incredible record, the truth was that his 10-year-old son, Encyclopedia, solved the toughest cases.
Encyclopedia should have been smarter than to set up his desk under a gaping hole in the ceiling, but he thought the resulting mess and clutter added to his bookish, genius character.
Encyclopedia said no problem and asked if she wanted to go to a party with Sally, Puffy, Vince, David, Ira, Bobby D., Al, and a representative from the American Automobile Association that night.
www.aphrodigitaliac.com /mm/archive/2000/08/24   (1133 words)

  
 Literary Encyclopedia: Sterling A. Brown
Despite the circumstances of his birth, however, Brown was unaffected by the classism that set him apart from the less fortunate members of his race.
In Brown we find an example of one who took the privilege associated with his elite status and used it to excel – not for self-interest but for those denied their place in the world.
Brown talked about how he wanted to capture the nuances of Black language because it contained the capacity to get at the philosophical way Black folk viewed the world.
www.litencyc.com /php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=5046   (670 words)

  
 Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Mysterious Handprints by Donald J. Sobol and Gail Owens from HarperCollins ...
Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Mysterious Handprints by Donald J. Sobol and Gail Owens from HarperCollins Publishers
The foregoing is excerpted from Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Mysterious Handprints by Donald J. Sobol and Gail Owens.
Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Disgusting Sneakers
www.harpercollins.com /global_scripts/product_catalog/book_xml.asp?isbn=0688046266&tc=cx   (878 words)

  
 Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Treasure Hunt by Donald J. Sobol and Gail Owens from HarperCollins Publishers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Treasure Hunt by Donald J. Sobol and Gail Owens from HarperCollins Publishers
Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Treasure Hunt
The foregoing is excerpted from Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Treasure Hunt by Donald J. Sobol and Gail Owens.
www.harpercollins.com /global_scripts/product_catalog/book_xml.asp?isbn=068806955X&tc=cx   (745 words)

  
 CULT OF THE DEAD COW || Encyclopedia Brown Kicks Some Ass   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Dead Child Beauty Queen
Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of Death Row Dubya
Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Part-Way Pilot
www.cultdeadcow.com /archives/2002/10/encyclopedia_brown_k.php3   (552 words)

  
 notes: Encyclopedia Brown Answers
I was seriously addicted to Encyclopedia Brown stories when I was a kid.
I remember the one where the girl couldn't have been at cello practice, because she was wearing a pencil skirt.
I don't remember the actual stories, but I read a lot of Encyclopedia Brown when I was his age.
notes.torrez.org /2004/09/encyclopedia_br.html   (1484 words)

  
 JasonCross.com - R.I.P. Encyclopedia Brown
According to friends, Brown spent hours at the library each evening memorizing facts—blooming cycles of house plants, the notes of the harmonic scale, America's state capitals—that often proved crucial to his violent-crime-unit investigations.
Brown's salary, $.25 per day plus expenses, will be placed in a fund to establish a criminology scholarship in his name at Idaville University.
Because of the long-standing mutual enmity between Meany and Brown, Meany was named among the suspects in The Case Of Encyclopedia Brown's Mangled Corpse.
www.jasoncross.com /?pageID=231   (750 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: William Brown
In 1816 Admiral Brown sailed round the Horn to succor the new republics on the western coast, but his expedition was only partly successful.
He acted as Argentine Commissioner when, at the close of the war, the liberty of Buenos Aires was guaranteed by the treaty of Montevideo 4 October, 1827.
After a visit to his native land, Admiral Brown spent his last years in the republic in the founding of which he had been such a powerful factor.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/02804a.htm   (402 words)

  
 Kids@Random
Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Jumping Frogs
Encyclopedia is back with ten all-new mysteries to solve, along with the help of his partner, Sally Kimball, the prettiest and toughest girl in the fifth grade.
Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Jumping Frogs #23
www.randomhouse.com /kids/books/series/brown.html   (172 words)

  
 Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Hollywood Franchise - New York Times   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Deutsch, who bought the multimedia rights to the books in 1979 for $25,000, it was, he hoped, the final push to bring Encyclopedia Brown to the giant screen after myriad attempts in 25 years.
Sobol, 81, who published the latest in the series, "Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Jumping Frogs," in 2003, said, referring to Mr.
The list of those who have taken an interest in "Encyclopedia Brown" over the years, only to have the project come to nothing, is a jaunt through Hollywood over the last three decades.
www.nytimes.com /2005/10/18/movies/18brow.html?ex=1287288000&en=4bf55ab77f6e0c91&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss   (1156 words)

  
 ZOOM . reviews . Encyclopedia Brown Books | PBS Kids
I love the encyclopidia brown books because they make me think what did he tell them or what did he say and that kid of stuff.
I like encyclopedia brown because it gives you a chance to be a detective.
I love Encyclopedia brown because he is very clever and smart.
pbskids.org /zoom/fromyou/reviews/encycbrown.html   (1220 words)

  
 Encyclopedia Brown Arrested in Harry Potter Stabbing Case
The history between Brown and Potter is dark, twisted, and totally fictional.
"The relationship between Harry Potter and Encyclopedia Brown was akin to those Johnny Carson and Jay Leno, Jay Leno and David Letterman, David Letterman and Goliath." Said a close friend.
Arrested last week outside of her San Francisco commune where she has lived a hedonistic life of sexual excess for the past 15 years, free from Brown's oppressive, bummed-out logic; the hysterical Quimby complained that Beezus had apparently hit her and made her cry.
www.umich.edu /~uac/threeweeks/storyb97f.html   (372 words)

  
 Defamer, the L.A. Gossip Rag: Encyclopedia Brown And The Case Of The Opportunistic Hollywood Producers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Encyclopedia Brown And The Case Of The Opportunistic Hollywood Producers
"In the case of 'Encyclopedia Brown,' we have a classical hero and heroine who just happen to be kids," he wrote.
Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Hollywood Franchise [NY Times]
www.defamer.com /hollywood/movies/encyclopedia-brown-and-the-case-of-the-opportunistic-hollywood-producers-131679.php   (265 words)

  
 'Encyclopedia Brown' Offer Is Withdrawn - New York Times   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
LOS ANGELES, Oct. 21 - Agents for the rights to the popular children's detective series "Encyclopedia Brown" withdrew on Friday the offer they had pitched to major Hollywood studios this week, saying they wanted to offer the project again, once they connected it with a high-profile director.
Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Hollywood Franchise (Oct. 18, 2005)
Deutsch has had the movie rights to "Encyclopedia Brown" since 1979, but his attempts to sell them have fallen through over the years, complicated by lawsuits.
www.nytimes.com /2005/10/22/movies/MoviesFeatures/22brow.html?ex=1287633600&en=be14a055a690da78&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss   (659 words)

  
 MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Brown recluse spider
The brown recluse is a poisonous spider most commonly found in midwestern and southern states of the United States.
The brown recluse is brown with a characteristic dark violin-shaped marking on its head.
The brown recluse is a non-aggressive spider and will only bite when it is disturbed.
www.nlm.nih.gov /medlineplus/ency/imagepages/19570.htm   (191 words)

  
 Juvenile Books Author of the Month
J-SOB Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Dead Eagles (1975) -- Join the remarkable boy detective, Encyclopedia Brown, as he investigates the mysterious shooting of two golden eagles, a pizza parlor thief, and eight other baffling puzzles.
J-SOB Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Secret Pitch (1966) -- Encyclopedia Brown must use his famous computer-like brain to solve ten brain-twisting mysteries such as a cross-eyed baseball pitch, a missing penknife named Excalibur, poems that pack a punch, and a kid-lover turned kidnapper.
J-SOB Encyclopedia Brown Keeps the Peace (1969) -- The solutions to ten mysteries solved by Leroy "Encyclopedia" Brown are given in a separate section challenging the reader to match wits with the ten-year-old mastermind of Idaville's war on crime.
www.yourlibrary.ws /childrens_webpage/j-author102001.htm   (1440 words)

  
 Deep Groove Encyclopedia - Bobby Brown
Yet it is important to note that he was one of the most influential performers of the late 80s, ushering in the age of new jack swing with the Don't Be Cruel album.
The quintessential randb album of the late 80s, Cruel merged Brown's affinity for rap with the highly developed production skills of L.A. and Babyface (and, to a lesser extent, Teddy Riley), coming up with a style that was creatively influential and commercially unstoppable.
As the first LP to successfully demonstrate that rap dynamics could be incorporated into randb, Don't Be Cruel marked a turning point in the development of soul music, and its impact continues to be felt in the randb/rap crossovers and neo-soul that dominate today's airwaves.
www.allthingsdeep.com /dge/bobby_brown.htm   (434 words)

  
 Children's Books Review : Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Midnight Visitor - Children's Books
Leroy Brown, (known as Encyclopedia to all but his parents and teachers), is a fifth grader of extraordinary intelligence that puts his brains to use by helping solve mysteries.
In this book Encyclopedia helps the police solve three cases; a kidnapped husband, a Chicago gangster knocked out in the bus terminal and a bank robbery with a hit and run escape!
Encyclopedia’s arch-nemesis Bugs Meany is back in two of the mysteries; a simple theft case and something much more despicable.
www.bellaonline.com /articles/art35018.asp   (487 words)

  
 Sean Gleeson » The Case of the Misbegotten Memos
After school and on weekends, Encyclopedia ran a detective agency out of his dad’s garage with Sally Kimball, the prettiest girl in Idaville, and the toughest too, with firm, toned thighs, and the legs of a gazelle.
Tickle your deductive itch with Encyclopedia Brown’s The Case of the Misbegotten Memos.
Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Misbegotten Memos
sean.gleeson.us /2004/12/07/brown   (1297 words)

  
 Target : Entertainment : Books : Children's Books : Series : Mystery & Detective : Encyclopedia Brown   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Treasure Hunt (Encyclopedia Brown)
Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Slippery Salamander (Encyclopedia Brown)
Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Mysterious Handprints (Encyclopedia Brown)
www.target.com /gp/browse.html?_encoding=UTF8&node=3361   (120 words)

  
 "Encyclopedia Brown" (1989)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Plot Summary: Leroy "Encyclopedia" Brown is a ten-year-old boy genius who puts his talents to work fighting crime in the small town of Idaville...
Encyclopedia Brown was my favorite book series as a kid and I loved the fact it translated well into television.
The basic premise was a 10 year old kid that solved crimes amongst the people in his town.
www.imdb.com /title/tt0096576   (268 words)

  
 Donald J. Sobol / Encyclopedia Brown
Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Midnight Visitor
Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of Pablo's Nose
Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Slippery Salamander (Encyclopedia Brown, 22)
www.mysterybookstore.com /kids/s/Donald-J.-Sobol   (352 words)

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