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Brooks, Edwy Searles in the Boys Friend Library.
Brooks wrote for a number of AP papers and many of the stories were reprinted in the Boys Friend Library. You can read or download them by selecting the links form the table below.
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| No. | Date | Title | Cover | Author | Biographical Details | Subject | Source | Source Detals | Notes |
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Issue 200 Aug-12 |
Canvas and Caravan | RW Comrade |
Edwy Searles Brooks (1889-1965) |
Original Story | ||||
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Issue 398 Oct-17 |
The Stowaway’s Quest | Anon |
Edwy Searles Brooks (1889-1965) |
Boys' Herald | 415-425, 1911 | Originally as by Norman Greaves | ||
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Issue 403 Nov-17 |
Scorned by the School | Anon |
Edwy Searles Brooks (1889-1965) |
Dreadnought | 2/25-37, 1913 | |||
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Issue 405 Dec-17 |
The Cad of the School | Anon |
Edwy Searles Brooks (1889-1965) |
Dreadnought | 2/37-48, 1913 | |||
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Issue 504 Apr-20 |
In Trackless Space | RW Comrade |
Edwy Searles Brooks (1889-1965) |
Nelson Lee Library (Original Series) |
1/220-241, 1919-20 | |||
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Issue 514 Jul-20 |
Nipper at St. Frank’s | Robert W Comrade |
Edwy Searles Brooks (1889-1965) |
St. Frank’s | Original Story | |||
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Issue 568 Aug-21 |
Curtis of the Fifth | Robert W Comrade |
Edwy Searles Brooks (1889-1965) |
Union Jack | 2/868-880, 1920 | |||
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Issue 649 Jan-23 |
The Green Triangle | Anon |
Edwy Searles Brooks (1889-1965) |
Nelson Lee | Nugget Weekly | 9-15, 1920 | ||
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Issue 656 Feb-23 |
The Return of Zingrave | Anon |
Edwy Searles Brooks (1889-1965) |
Nelson Lee | Nugget Weekly | 16-22, 1920 | ||
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Issue 657 Mar-23 |
The Wonder Craft | Anon |
Edwy Searles Brooks (1889-1965) |
Nelson Lee | Nugget Weekly | 28-34, 1921 | ||
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Issue 704 Feb-24 |
Pots of Money! or, Handforth’s Golden Windfall | Anon |
Edwy Searles Brooks (1889-1965) |
St. Frank’s | Original Story | Original title "Handforth's Golden Windfall" | ||
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Issue 708 Mar-24 |
The Kidnapped School | Anon |
Edwy Searles Brooks (1889-1965) |
St. Frank’s | Pluck | 3/26-35, 1923 | ||
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Issue 709 Apr-24 |
Phantom Island | Anon |
Edwy Searles Brooks (1889-1965) |
St. Frank’s | Original Story | |||
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Issue 713 May-24 |
The New York Mystery | Unsigned | Anon |
Edwy Searles Brooks (1889-1965) |
St. Frank’s | Original Story | ||
| Boys’ Friend Library NewSeries | |||||||||
| No. | Date | Title | Cover | Author | Biographical Details | Subject | Source | Source Detals | Notes |
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Issue 105 Aug-27 |
St. Frank’s On The Rocks | Edwy Searles Brooks |
Edwy Searles Brooks (1889-1965) |
St. Frank’s | Boys' Realm | 2/323-331, 1925 | Original title “The Crusoe Scouts” | |
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Issue 110 Sep-27 |
The Schoolboy Republic! | Edwy Searles Brooks |
Edwy Searles Brooks (1889-1965) |
St. Frank’s | Boys' Realm | 2/329-339, 1925 | ||
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Issue 213 Nov-29 |
Tucker’s Emergency Man | Anon |
Edwy Searles Brookes (1889-1965) |
St Giles’ | Short Story, p58 | |||
| Grit! | Edwy Searles Brooks |
Edwy Searles Brooks (1889-1965) |
Boys' Realm | 3/1-13, 1927 | |||||
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Issue 244 Jun-30 |
The Stuff to Give ‘Em | Edwy Searles Brooks |
Edwy Searles Brooks (1889-1965) |
Boys' Realm | 3/45-55, 1928 | |||
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Issue 253 Sep-30 |
The Golden Goalie | ES Brooks |
Edwy Searles Brooks (1889-1965) |
Blue Crusaders | Boys' Realm | 3/64-8, 1928 | ||
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Issue 257 Oct-30 |
The Cad of the Crusaders | Edwy Searles Brooks |
Edwy Searles Brooks (1889-1965) |
Blue Crusaders | Boys' Realm | 3/67-9, 1928 | ||
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Issue 261 Nov-30 |
The Boss of the Blues | Unsigned | ES Brooks |
Edwy Searles Brooks (1889-1965) |
Blue Crusaders | Boys' Realm | 3/69-72, 1928 | |
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Issue 265 Dec-30 |
The Haunted Team | Unsigned | ES Brooks |
Edwy Searles Brooks (1889-1965) |
Blue Crusaders | Boys' Realm | 3/73-6, 1928 | |
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Issue 269 Jan-31 |
The Vanishing Footballers | Unsigned | ES Brooks |
Edwy Searles Brooks (1889-1965) |
Blue Crusaders | Boys' Realm | 3/77-80, 1929 | |
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Issue 277 Mar-31 |
Rivals of the Blue Crusaders | Edwy Searles Brooks |
Edwy Searles Brooks (1889-1965) |
Blue Crusaders |
Nelson Lee Library (New Series) |
1/145-59, 1929 | ||
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Issue 435 Jun-34 |
The Schemer of St. Frank’s | Unsigned | Edwy Searles Brooks |
Edwy Searles Brooks (1889-1965) |
St. Frank’s | Original Story | ||
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Issue 439 Jul-34 |
St. Frank’s On Broadway | Savile Lumley | Edwy Searles Brooks |
Edwy Searles Brooks (1889-1965) |
St. Frank’s | Original Story | Reprint of BFL1/713, May 1924, "The New York Mystery" | |
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Issue 441 Aug-34 |
The Kidnapped Remove | Edwy Searles Brooks |
Edwy Searles Brooks (1889-1965) |
St. Frank’s | Pluck | 3/26-35, 1923 | Reprint of BFL 1/708, "The Kidnapped School" | |
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Issue 445 Sep-34 |
Waldo’s Wonder Team | Unsigned | Edwy Searles Brooks |
Edwy Searles Brooks (1889-1965) |
Original Story | |||
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Issue 447 Sep-34 |
The St. Frank’s Castaways | SL | Edwy Searles Brooks |
Edwy Searles Brooks (1889-1965) |
St. Frank’s | Boys’ Friend | Reprint of BFL 1/709, Apr 1924, "Phantom Island" | |
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Issue 451 Oct-34 |
Crusoes of Surf Island | Unsigned | Edwy Searles Brooks |
Edwy Searles Brooks (1889-1965) |
St. Frank’s | Boys' Realm | 2/323-331, 1925 | Original title "The Crusoe Scouts". Reprint of BFL 2/105, Aug 1927, "St Frank's on the Rocks" |
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Issue 455 Nov-34 |
The Schoolboy Republic | Unsigned | Edwy Searles Brooks |
Edwy Searles Brooks (1889-1965) |
St. Frank’s | Boys' Realm | 2/329-339, 1925 | Reprint of BFL 2/110, Sep 1927, "The Schoolboy Republic!" |
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Issue 459 Dec-34 |
The Crook of Mosquito Creek | Unsigned | Edwy Searles Brooks |
Edwy Searles Brooks (1889-1965) |
Dreadnought | 2/84-98, 1914 | Adapted from original title “The Heir from Nowhere” [Sexton Blake]. Reprint of Sexton Blake Library 1/13, Aug 1916. | |
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Issue 555 Dec-36 |
Peril Camp | Unsigned | Edwy Searles Brooks |
Edwy Searles Brooks (1889-1965) |
St. Frank’s |
Nelson Lee Library (2nd New Series) |
2/75-77, 1931 | |
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Issue 615 Mar-38 |
The Impostor of the Fourth | RW Comrade |
Edwy Searles Brooks (1889-1965) |
Dreadnought | 2/25-37, 1912 | |||
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Apr-38 | The League of the Bullies | Unsigned | Robert W Comrade |
Edwy Searles Brooks (1889-1965) |
Dreadnought | 2/37-48, 1913 | Original title "The Cad of the School" | |
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Issue 670 May-39 |
The Schoolboy Magician | Unsigned | Anon |
Edwy Searles Brooks (1889-1965) |
Pilot | 92-120, 1937-38 | Original title "Houdini, Magic-maker No. 1" | |
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Issue 674 Jun-39 |
Buffalo Bill’s Boyhood | Edwy Searles Brooks |
Edwy Searles Brooks (1889-1965) |
Buffalo Bill | Pilot | 121-131, 1938 | Original title “Buffalo Bill, King of the Scouts” | |