Forrest Gump - Hardcover

Groom, Winston

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0671526065 ISBN 13: 9780671526061

Publisher: Pocket Books, 1994

Synopsis

Chronicles the rollicking misadventures of Forrest Gump, an idiot savant college football player whose mathematical genius does not prevent his flunking out and who finds himself drafted for Vietnam

About this title

From the Publisher:

"Bein' a idiot is no box of chocolates," but "at least I ain't led no hum-drum life," says Forrest Gump, the lovable, surprisingly savvy hero of this wonderful comic tale. When the University of Alabama's football team drafts Forrest and makes him a star, that's only the beginning! He flunks out--and goes on to be a Vietnam war hero, a world-class Ping-Pong player, a wrestler, and a business tycoon. He compares battle scars with Lyndon Johnson, discovers the truth about Richard Nixon, and suffers the ups and downs of true love. Now, Forrest Gump's telling all--in a madcap, screwball romp through three decades of the American landscape. It's Gump's amazing travels...and you've got to hear them to believe them.

About the Author:

Winston Groom Winston Groom wrote the acclaimed Vietnam War novel Better Times Than These as well as the prize-winning As Summers Die, and coauthored Conversations with the Enemy which was nominated for a 1984 Pulitzer Prize. He lives in New York City and Point Clear, Alabama.

About this edition

• Publisher: Pocket Books
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0671526065
• ISBN 13: 9780671526061
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 228