- Vietnam Conflict, College football, Young men, People with mental disabilities
A man named Forest Gump sits at a bus stop and tells everyone about his life. It starts in a doctor's office when he gets leg braces. Then he goes to school where he meets Jenny, and his entire school career and football.
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About the book
- Author
- Winston Groom
- First published
- January 4, 1999
- Pages
- 245
- Publisher
- Wheeler Pub., Penguin Books Ltd, Crown Publishing
- Editions
- 41
- Language
- German, Japanese, Polish, Russian
- ISBN
- 9788440651266
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