Randall Wallace on the Greatest Man He Ever Knew: His Father

On this episode of Our American Stories, before Randall Wallace wrote Braveheart and directed We Were Soldiers, his father, Thurman Wallace, taught him what it meant to keep your word, work hard, and treat everyone with dignity. Thurman had grown up without a father, went to work at 14, and spent his career as a traveling candy salesman who seemed to know everyone he met.Randall remembers the man he calls "the greatest man I ever knew," from his father's early doubts about a career in writing to his pride after Braveheart. He also shares the final days they spent together on the set of We Were Soldiers and the encounter after his father's death that showed Randall just how deeply his dad had touched the lives of others. Support the show (https://www.ouramericanstories.com/donate)Support the show: https://www.ouramericanstories.com/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.