Phineas Gage, After the Accident Years

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ADVENTURE HISTORICAL FICTION BIOGRAPHICAL

19th Century

Lisa Redfern

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Submision Type

book

Logline

Phineas Gage survived after his historic brain injury. His life didn't turn out how he imagined, but it was still full of adventure and discovery.

Genre

Adventure,Historical Fiction,Biographical

Short Summary

The story begins immediately after a thirteen-pound tamping iron has shot through Phineas's skull. The doctor's fingers are inside his brain pulling out bone fragments while Phineas is conscious and speaking.

Setting

New Hampshire, Chile, San Francisco

Based on a True Story

Yes

Plot - Premise

Quest,Internal Journey/Rebirth,Voyage and Return

Plot - Other Elements

Meaningful Message,Other

Mature Audience Themes

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Main Character Details

Name: Phineas Gage

Age: 30

Gender: Male

Role: Antagonist

Key Traits: Masculine,Adventurous,Aspiring,Aggressive,Charming,Sexy,Confident,Outspoken,Honorable,Insecure,Underdog,Unapologetic,Lone Wolf

Additional Character Details

Name: Phoebe Gage

Age: 25

Gender: Female

Role: Logical

Key Traits: Adventurous,Aspiring,Obedient,Complex,Confident,Blunt,Engaging,Faithful,Romantic,Heroic,Educated

Additional Character Details

Name: David Shattuck

Age: 34

Gender: Male

Role: skeptic

Key Traits: Adventurous,Masculine,Modest,Charming,Obedient,Complex,Religious,Faithful,Skillful,Educated,Unapologetic

Additional Character Details

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About The Author

Lisa Redfern is the author of Phases of Gage: After the Accident Years, Haylee and the Traveler’s Stone, Haylee and the Last Traveler, and she’s the illustrator and publisher of Toby Bear and the Healing Light Lisa is interested in sustainable environmentalism and saving the sublime; civility, respect, trust, honor, culture, appreciation, etc. She’s also a book nerd and a philomath. She writes historical fiction and California paranormal suspense. She’s currently working on a Chinese railroad worker novel set on Donner Summit and a story-based blog and documentary project about her local watershed. Lisa is a small business owner, a professional photographer, and web designer. She has written grants, produced TV shows and YouTube videos, created marketing and promotion materials for authors, designed magazine adds, yearbook layouts, brochures, and business cards, filled in as a substitute teacher, and worked as a recycling educator. Lisa administers websites for Sierra Writers and the Sierra Writers Conference. She earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration with a concentration in Marketing from CSU, Sacramento.

Target Audiences

Age: 13-17,18-34,35-54,55+

Target Gender: Universal

Group Specific

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Publishing Details

Status: Yes: self-published

Publisher: Little Mountain Publishing

Year Published: 2017

Hard Copy Available

Yes

ISBN

0965599884