Tom Brown's School Days Great Game", the character whom Fraser named Harry Flashman reads "Tom Brown's School Days", which refers to his youth, and its popularity causes him some social troubles. Fraser's Flashman novels also include some other characters from "Tom Brown's School Days", for example George Speedicut and Tom Brown in the book "Flashman's Lady". Flashman also encounters the character of "Scud" East twice, first in "Flashman at the Charge", when both he and East are prisoners of war during the Crimean War, and again in "Flashman in the Great Game", at the Siege of Cawnpore during the Indian Mutiny of 1857. Tom
Tom Brown (trombonist) Tom Brown (trombonist) Tom Brown (June 3, 1888 – March 25, 1958), sometimes known by the nickname Red Brown, was an early New Orleans dixieland jazz trombonist. He also played string bass professionally. Tom P. Brown was born in Uptown New Orleans, Louisiana. His younger brother Steve Brown also became a prominent professional musician. He played trombone with the bands of Papa Jack Laine and Frank Christian; by 1910 usually worked leading bands under his own name. The band played in a style then locally known as "hot ragtime" or "ratty music". In early 1915, his band was heard by