01542cam a2200253 4500 440321776 TxAuBib 20191003120000.0 131106s2012||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780307947390 pbk. 0307947394 pbk. AMP AMP UOK TxAuBib Groom, Winston, 1944- Forrest Gump : a novel / Winston Groom. 1st Vintage Books ed. New York : Vintage Books, 2012. 228 p. ; 21 cm. Meet Forrest Gump, the lovable, herculean, and surprisingly savy hero of this remarkable comic odyssey. After accidentally becoming the star of Univerity of Alabama's football team, Forrest goes on to become a Vietnam War hero, a world-class Ping-Pong player, a villainous wrestler, and a business tycoon -- as he wonders with childlike wisdom at the insanity all around him. In between misadentures, he manages to compare battle scars with Lyndon Johnson, discover the truth about Richard Nixon, and survive the ups and downs of remaining true to his only love, Jenny, on an extraordinary journey through three decades of the American cultural landscape. Forrest Gump has one heck of a story to tell -- and you've got to read it to believe it.... 20191003. People with mental disabilities Fiction. Young men Fiction. Humorous fiction. Bildungsromans.