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Line 1: {{Short description\|Book character}} ~~{{Unreferenced\|date=October 2008}}~~ {{Infobox Novel series \| name = Biff Brewster \| books = \| author = [[Andy Adams (pseudonym)\|Andy Adams]] \| image = Biff Brewster v1.jpg \| image_caption = Volume 1 \| title_orig = \| translator = \| illustrator = \| cover_artist = \| country = United States \| language = English \| genre = Adventure <br> Mystery \| publisher = [[Grosset & Dunlap]] \| pub_date = 1960–1965 \| english_pub_date = \| media_type = Print \| preceded_by = \| followed_by = }} '''Biff Brewster''' is the central character in a series of 13 adventure and mystery novels for adolescent boys written by ~~[[Walter Gibson]], [[Edward Pastore]], and [[Peter Harkins]] under the pseudonym~~ [[Andy Adams (pseudonym)\|Andy Adams]]. ~~The three are credited with writing all the books except volumes two and three, whose author(s) remain unknown.~~ The series was published by [[Grosset & Dunlap]] between 1960 and 1965.▼ ~~[[Image:Biff Brewster v1.jpg\|thumb\|150px\|Cover, volume 1]]~~ Most titles were published in hardcover with full color dustjackets, but, like other Grosset & Dunlap juvenile series of the era, production costs were cut by dispensing with the dust jackets and featuring full color cover illustrations in their stead.<ref>[{{Cite web \|url=http://www.series.net/brewster/index.html \|title=Biff Brewster at The Series Bookcase] \|access-date=2008-10-23 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081104044720/http://www.series.net/brewster/index.html \|archive-date=2008-11-04 \|url-status=dead }}</ref> This occurred only with the last three books in the series, and later reprints of the first three.<ref>Axe, John. ''All About Collecting Boys' Series Books.'' Hobby House Press, Inc., 2002.</ref>▼ ▲'''Biff Brewster''' is the central character in a series of 13 adventure and mystery novels for adolescent boys written by [[Walter Gibson]], [[Edward Pastore]], and [[Peter Harkins]] under the pseudonym [[Andy Adams (pseudonym)\|Andy Adams]]. The three are credited with writing all the books except volumes two and three, whose author(s) remain unknown. The series was published by [[Grosset & Dunlap]] between 1960 and 1965. ▲Most titles were published in hardcover with full color dustjackets, but, like other Grosset & Dunlap juvenile series of the era, production costs were cut by dispensing with the dust jackets and featuring full color cover illustrations in their stead.<ref>[http://www.series.net/brewster/index.html Biff Brewster at The Series Bookcase]</ref> The series follows Bruce "Biff" Brewster, a well-built, athletic sixteen year old who pursues adventure and mystery abroad with his father, Thomas Brewster, a former lieutenant in the United States Navy and, in the series, chief field engineer for the Ajax Mining Company. The series is distinguished for drawing on foreign cultures and exotic locations as backgrounds. The series was saw Norwegian and British versions.<ref>Axe, John. ''All About Collecting Boys' Series Books.'' Hobby House Press, Inc., 2002.</ref> ==List of titles== #''[http://gutenberg.org/ebooks/51538 Brazilian Gold Mine Mystery]'' (1960) #''[http://gutenberg.org/ebooks/51608 Mystery of the Chinese Ring]'' (1960) #''[http://gutenberg.org/ebooks/51755 Hawaiian Sea Hunt Mystery]'' (1960) #''Mystery of the Mexican Treasure'' (1961) #''African Ivory Mystery'' (1961) #''Alaska Ghost Glacier Mystery'' (1961) #''[http://gutenberg.org/ebooks/51830 Mystery of the Ambush in India]'' (1962) #''Mystery of the Caribbean Pearls'' (1962) #''Egyptian Scarab Mystery'' (1963) #''Mystery of the Tibetan Caravan'' (1963) #''British Spy Ring Mystery'' (1964) #''Mystery of the Arabian Stallion'' (1964) #''Mystery of the Alpine Pass'' (1965) ==List of characters== * Biff Brewster: Leading protagonist == See also == * {{Portal-inline\|Children and Young Adult Literature}} ==References== Line 29 ⟶ 51: {{Baby Boomer Series}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Brewster, Biff}} [[Category:Book series introduced in 1960]] [[Category:Juvenile series]] [[Category:Child characters in literature\|Brewster, Biff]] [[Category:Characters in American novels of the 20th century\|Brewster, Biff]] [[Category:Children's mystery novels]] ==External links== * [https://seriesbooks.info/biffbrewster.htm the biff brewster series by andy adams] Detailed information on the series {{child-lit-char-stub}}