Borrowing A Moose Head from Cole Porter
FAMILY MELODRAMA HISTORICAL FICTION RELIGIOUS WAR YOUNG ADULT ROMANCE DRAMA
1980s & '90s
G. Lloyd Helm
Logline
"Borrowing a Moose Head..." is a story about a military family stationed at a mid-west Air Force Base, and the trials they face there, including drugs, legal trouble, weather and simply life.
Genre
Family, Melodrama, Historical Fiction, Religious, War, Young Adult, Romance, Drama,
Short Summary
In our time as members of the U.S. Air Force we had lived in many places and gone through many things, but the middle of America was supposed to be home. It wasn't. We met hostility, violence, drugs and death.
Setting
Set in north central Indiana near Peru/ Kokomo
Based on a True Story
No
Plot - Premise
Tragedy
Plot - Other Elements
Coming of Age, Philosophical Questions
Mature Audience Themes
Language/Profanity, Substance Abuse
Main Character Details
Name: Jack Wells is a not terribly successful novelist who is married to a US Air Force Tech Sergeant. They are a reversed couple in that Kathleen is the military member and Jack has become the house keeper, child minder. He is trying to be a good father to his two sons who are almost grown.
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Role: Protagonist
Key Traits: Aspiring, Adventurous
Additional Character Details
Name: Kathleen Wells, AF Tech Sergeant/wife
Age: 35
Gender: Female
Role: Emotional
Key Traits: Skillful, Complex, Empathetic, Flexible, Honorable, Naive, Patriotic, Religious, Adventurous, Beautiful, Faithful
Additional Character Details
Name: Mitch Wells--Teen age son. Strong, brave, Young, adventurous. Has lived all over the world since he was a toddler so he is pretty sophisticated.
Age: 18
Gender: Male
Role: Protagonist
Key Traits: Masculine, Romantic, Sophisticated, Adventurous, Complex, Confident, Funny, Honorable
Additional Character Details
Name: Deuce Wells-- Eldest son
Age: 22
Gender: Male
Role: Protagonist
Key Traits: Charming, Complex, Honorable, Adventurous, Educated, Faithful, Heroic, Patriotic, Sophisticated