[bksvol-discuss] book submitted: Gump and Co.
- From: "Shelley L. Rhodes" <juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2004 23:01:46 -0500
Gump and Co.
by Winston Groom
Under the .rtf section of the website. For whom validates this one. Do not
attempt to use spell check. The entire book is written as if Gump wrote it,
which means a lot of intentional misspellings, intentional grammar problems,
and sentence structure. I fixed all errors I deemed the scanner responsible
for , and fixed headers, fixed page numbers and protected chapter names. It
should be an easy upload validation. Oh, read it and fixed them, as the only
way to do the correct error fixing was to read this one.
Anyway if anyone wants to read it check out the following.
From the book Jacket:
"That latter-day Huck Finn is now in his forties and back. ten years after
we
last caught up with him...more adventurous twists and turns."
-George Christy, Hollywood Reporter
Forrest Gump captured our hearts in the #1 New York Times bestselling novel
Forrest Gump, and in the blockbuster film, winner of six Academy Awards®
including Best Picture and Best Actor. Now he returns in the long-awaited
sequel to the book hailed by Larry King as "the funniest novel I have ever
read." A little older, and wiser in his unique way, Forrest is still
running-this time straight into the age of greed and instant gratification
known as the 1980s.
Whenever I really get stumped, I go visit Jenny's grave. She tells me she's
always rooting for me. The Bubba Gump Shrimp Co. has gone bust and now
Forrest is flat broke, sweeping floors in a New Orleans strip joint, when a
fresh opportunity to play championship football puts him back in the
limelight-and in the money. But fate turns fickle again, and he's soon ou on
the road selling phony encyclopedias and trying to raise his son, little
Forrest, who needs his father more than ever. Forrest's remarkable touching,
and utterly comic odyssey has just begun: in store for him is an explosive
attempt at hog farming; his own dubious recipe for adding life to New Coke;
an encounter with Oliver North of the Iran-Contra affair; and a chance yet
again to unwittingly twist the nose of history.
"As comic voices go, Forrest Gump is a classic." -Robert Plunket, The New
York Times Book Review
"GUMP & CO. is a delight."-Patricia Holt, San Froncisco Chronicle
"Forrest has mellowed a bit, but this is a well-told tale
with a keen satirical edge Is GUMP & CO. a worthy
follow-up to the original adventures of Alabama's newest folk hero? Sure
enough, and it's also got enough surprises along the way that you'll zip
through its pages trying to figure out where Forrest will finally land. . .
. Groom's ... satire now has a Kurt Vonnegut-like quality. ... Will GUMP &
CO. be another Oscar-generating machine would it be turned into a film?
Could be, but in the South we've always felt it was enough just to be good
storytellers. And in that we are correct."
-Dave Helms, Mobile Register
Shelley L. Rhodes and Judson, guiding golden
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