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Title	:	The Legend of Colton H. Bryant
Author	:	Alexandra Fuller
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 224 pages
Published	:	May 6th 2008 by Penguin Press HC, The (first published January 1st 2008)
Categories	:	Nonfiction. Biography. Biography Memoir

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From the bestselling author of Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight and Scribbling the Cat, the unforgettable true story of a boy who comes of age in the oil-fields and open plains of Wyoming; a heartrending story of the human spirit that lays bare where it is that wisdom truly resides.

Colton H. Bryant was one of Wyoming's native sons and grown by that high, dry place, he never once wanted to leave it. "Wyoming loves me," he said, and it was true. Wyoming—roughneck, wild, open, and searingly beautiful—loved him, and Colton loved it back. As a child in school, Colton never could force himself to focus on his lessons. Instead, he'd plan where he'd go fishing later, or he'd wonder how many jackrabbits he might find on his favorite hunting patch, or he'd dream about the rides he would take on the wild mare he was breaking. "At my funeral, you'll all feel sorry for making me waste so much time in school," he said to his best friend Jake—and it was true.

Two things got Colton through the boredom of school and the neighborhood "K-mart cowboys" who bullied him: His best friend Jake and his favorite mantra, a snatch of a saying he heard on TV: Mind over matter, which meant to him: If you don't mind, it don't matter. Colton and Jake grew up wanting nothing more than the freedom to sleep out under the great Wyoming night sky, to hunt and fish and chase the horizon and to be just like Colton's dad, a strong and gentle man of few words. When it was time for Colton to marry and make money on his own, he took up as a hand on an oil rig. It was dangerous work, but Colton was the third generation in his family to work on the oil patch and he claimed it was in his blood. And anyway, he joked, he always knew he'd die young.

Colton did die young, and he died on the rig, falling to his death because the drilling company had neglected to spend two thousand dollars on the mandated safety rails that would have saved his life. His family received no compensation. But they didn't expect to—they knew the company's ways, and after all as Colton would have said: Mind over matter.

In Scribbling the Cat, Alexandra Fuller brought us the examined life of a Rhodesian soldier; now, in her inimitable poetic voice and with her pitch-perfect ear for dialogue, she brings before us the life of someone much closer to home, as unexpected as he is iconic. The moving, tough, and in many ways quintessentially American story of Colton H. Bryant's life could not be told without also telling the story of the land that grew him—the beautiful and somehow tragic Wyoming; the land where there are still such things as cowboys roaming the plains, where it's relationships that get you through, and where a just, soulful, passionate man named Colton H. Bryant lived and died.

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Original Title:	Cowboy: The Legend of Colton H. Bryant
ISBN:	1594201838 (ISBN13: 9781594201837)
Setting:	Wyoming(United States)
Literary Awards:	The Royal Society of Literature Ondaatje Prize Nominee (2009)

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Good read, for sure. Listened to the audiobook while on a road trip through Wyoming. Worthwhile anyway, but especially liked learning about where we were, and learning about someone from Wyoming. Enjoyed "meeting" Colton H Bryant, his family, and friends - and I look forward to other books by Fuller.

My family found me crying uncontrollably on the couch during the last few chapters. Perhaps this book touched a little too close to home for me. Im from Wyoming; I know first-hand about cowboys, the land, and the draw of money. I've known lots of friends who have stayed there to accept those $60,000/yr jobs, just as Colton did, only to find themselves stuck in a job which just about kills them. Everyone jokes about the "smell of money" when you drive by an oil patch. Geez. The first car accident

Astounding. A "Kes" for the 21st century. Nothing else comes close as a eulogy to the working man.

I think this is the last Fuller book that I havent read. I loved this one, as is the case with all her books. This one was non-fiction but had some things that were fictionalized. It was about a young #cowboy in #Wyoming that worked in the #Oil industry. It basically told his life story and it was beautiful and poetic, as all of Fullers writing is. It was about different kind of American hero, one that we dont hear much about. Pick this up if you love Fuller, or pick it up if you havent read any

Fueled by Mountain Dew and motivated by the purest intentions, Colton H. Bryant wanted, above all else, to be just like his father. This is what Colton was about, but not ultimately what The Legend of Colton H. Bryant is about. Perhaps this is because the title of Legend is much more mythical-sounding than a story of simple Wyoming frontier life lends itself to. The legend herein is one of infamy; a young mans avoidable fatedue to unethical business practicesas he innocently does his duty,

this book was actually terrible.i picked it up from a hotel in pattaya,thailand.it is about colton h.bryant and the place he grew up in which was wyoming.his brother is preston.this is a story about cow boys and about wyoming.he falls in love with melissahis father is called bill.he then stars working on a rig.one day he falls down while he is working and he is hurt.he is rushed to the hospital and all his relatives.his wife is there and so is his father bill.they pray that he does not die but

Fueled by Mountain Dew and motivated by the purest intentions, Colton H. Bryant wanted, above all else, to be just like his father. This is what Colton was about, but not ultimately what The Legend of Colton H. Bryant is about. Perhaps this is because the title of Legend is much more mythical-sounding than a story of simple Wyoming frontier life lends itself to. The legend herein is one of infamy; a young mans avoidable fatedue to unethical business practicesas he innocently does his duty,