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Kearny’s quest for westward adventure coincides with the expansionist desires of the U.S. Groom describes how Brigadier General Stephen W.

In November 2011, Groom introduced his latest history book, Kearny's March: The Epic Creation of the American West, 1846-1847. He has lived most recently in Point Clear, Alabama, with his wife Susan. Groom devotes his time to writing history books about American wars. The film propelled the novel to best-seller status, and the novel sold 1.7 million copies worldwide. In 1985, Groom moved back to Mobile, Alabama, where he began to work on the novel Forrest Gump.įorrest Gump was published in 1986 however, it did not make Groom a best-selling author until it was adapted into a film with the same name in 1994, a film starring Tom Hanks in the title role of Forrest Gump.

Conversations with the Enemy was a Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction finalist in 1984. His novel Conversations with the Enemy (1982) follows an American Vietnam War soldier who escapes from a POW camp and takes a plane back to the United States only to be arrested fourteen years later for desertion. His next novel As Summers Die (1980) received better recognition. Better Times Than These was about a rifle company in the Vietnam War whose lives and patriotism both are shattered. Groom's first novel was Better Times Than These which was published in 1978. Groom resigned to pursue a career in writing novels. newspaper covering the justice department and federal court system. Upon his return from Vietnam, he worked as a reporter for the Washington Star, a Washington, D.

Most of his Army service was with the Fourth Infantry Division. He served in the Army from 1965 to 1969, including a tour of duty in the Vietnam War. Groom attended the University of Alabama, where he was a member of Delta Tau Delta Fraternity and the Army ROTC, graduating in 1965. Groom's earliest ambition was to become a lawyer like his father but, instead, while a literary editor in college, he chose to become a writer. Winston Groom was born in Washington, D.C., and was raised in Mobile County, Alabama, where he attended University Military School (now known as UMS-Wright Preparatory School).