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A Wolf by the Ears focuses on the rebellion of enslaved people who rallied to the British after receiving promises of freedom during the War of 1812, a conflict personalized through the love triangle of three people, two of them enslaved and the third the man who once held them in bondage..

Drama,War,Historical Fiction,Epic

Towerhill sneaks off to a liaison with British officers to arrange for his fellow enslaved people to rebel and join them, as Jacob, an "enlightened" plantation owner dallies with Sarai, his black mistress and makes plans to sell off many of his slaves to meet his debts.

The Tidewater area of Maryland and Virginia, 1814

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Internal Journey/Rebirth

Other

Extreme Violence,Nudity, Language/Profanity,Sexual Abuse

Name: Towerhill

Age: 34

Gender: Male

Role: Protagonist

Key Traits: Aspiring,Badass,Masculine,Aggressive,Decisive,Desperate,Educated,Honorable,Sexy,Outspoken,Skillful

Name: Sarai

Age: 25

Gender: Female

Role: Protagonist

Key Traits: Aspiring,Complex,Badass,Desperate,Empathetic,Heroic,Heartthrob,Visionary,Outspoken,Sexy,Underdog,Strong Moral Code

Name: Jacob Hallam

Age: 35

Gender: Male

Role: protagonist

Key Traits: Charming,Clumsy,Complex,Desperate,Empathetic,Faithful,Heartthrob,Educated,Insecure,Visionary,Patriotic,Sexy,Narcisstic

The author has not yet written this

Wayne Karlin has published seven novels: Marble Mountain, The Wished-For Country, Prisoners (all with Curbstone Press), Lost Armies, The Extras, Us (all with Henry Holt), and Crossover (Harcourt, Brace), and three non-fiction books: Rumors and Stones, War Movies (Curbstone Press), and Wandering Souls: Journeys with the Dead and the Living in Viet Nam (Nation Books). Two of his books have been published in translation in Denmark, Sweden, Italy and Vietnam, and Crossover was also published in the United Kingdom (Methuen). The manuscript submitted to TaleFlick is under contract to be published by University of Massachusetts Press in 2020. Karlin has received five State of Maryland Individual Artist Awards in Fiction, two Fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts (1994 and 2004), the Paterson Prize in Fiction for 1999, the Vietnam Veterans of American Excellence in Arts Award in 2005, and the 2019 Juniper Prize in Fiction for A Wolf by the Ears.

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

Target Gender: Universal

Information not completed

Status: Yes: with a Publisher

Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press

Year Published: 2020

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ISBN 978-1- 62534- 503- 5