Rabu, 28 Maret 2018

Charley Nebo: The Forrest Gump of the Old West

Charley Nebo had a knack for showing up where the action was—driving Longhorns for Charles Goodnight, tending cattle for John Chisum, hobnobbing with Billy the Kid and riding amid the Sioux at the time of Wounded Knee. In the Academy Award–winning 1994 comedy the title character (played by Tom Hanks) describes what he did in …

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