This video looks at the eight chapters that comprise the Texas section--"First Grade" through "Gypsy Magic." This section is mainly filled with snippets of family life and school life, memories of middle-class day-to-day happenings in central Texas, as the country was climbing out of the Great Depression. Temple, Texas came into being when railroads converged in the middle of wide open prairie. The railroad hub was a magnet for money and people looking to get ahead. In the late 20s newlyweds Marvin and Lillie Fenn would have been excited and hopeful about all that Temple offered. In the Texas chapters, Forrest shoots straight about what his family had, and didn't have. He is appreciative of having known love and stability at 1413 N Main Street. Yet the Fenns weren't wealthy--and Temple certainly had its share of wealth. The rich kids meant opportunity for young Forrest, who wasn't cutting it academically. He could fashion marbles, tops, and yoyos, and sell them. He was driven to succeed, foreshadowing a way he could carve out a place for himself in business decades later when the stakes were much higher.
The Texas Chapters in The Thrill of The Chase
This video looks at the eight chapters that comprise the Texas section--"First Grade" through "Gypsy Magic." This section is mainly filled with snippets of family life and school life, memories of middle-class day-to-day happenings in central Texas, as the country was climbing out of the Great Depression. Temple, Texas came into being when railroads converged in the middle of wide open prairie. The railroad hub was a magnet for money and people looking to get ahead. In the late 20s newlyweds Marvin and Lillie Fenn would have been excited and hopeful about all that Temple offered. In the Texas chapters, Forrest shoots straight about what his family had, and didn't have. He is appreciative of having known love and stability at 1413 N Main Street. Yet the Fenns weren't wealthy--and Temple certainly had its share of wealth. The rich kids meant opportunity for young Forrest, who wasn't cutting it academically. He could fashion marbles, tops, and yoyos, and sell them. He was driven to succeed, foreshadowing a way he could carve out a place for himself in business decades later when the stakes were much higher.
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