Groom, Winston,  1944-2020, <br/><br/>
Forrest Gump / 
Winston Groom. 
 - Black Swan edition.  
 - 238 pages ;  20 cm.  
<br/><br/> Winston Groom, author of nine books, wrote the acclaimed Vietnam War novel Better Times Than These, the prize-winning As Summers Die, and co-authored Conversations with the Enemy, which was nominated for a 1984 Pulitzer Prize. He is also the author of the No.1 New York Times bestsellers Forrest Gump and Gumpisms: The Wit and Wisdom of Forrest Gump. Mr Groom's Shrouds of Glory, an account of Confederate General John Bell Hood's decisive actions in the last great campaign of the US Civil War, was published in April, 1995. He lives in New York City and Point Clear, Alabama. 
<br/><br/> This is a warm and funny story about a good-hearted man from Alabama who wins a medal for bravery in the Vietnam War, who meets the President of the United States, and whose best friend is an ape called Sue.  
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781784166304 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>85013000  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>People with mental disabilities--Fiction.<br/>Young men--Fiction.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Humorous stories.