{"product_id":"the-legend-of-colton-h-bryant-isbn-9780143115373","title":"The Legend of Colton H. Bryant","description":"\u003cb\u003eA heartrending story of the human spirit from the author of the bestselling \u003ci\u003eDon't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Alexandra Fuller returns with the unforgettable true story of Colton H. Bryant, a soulful boy with a mustang-taming heart who comes of age in the oil fields and open plains of Wyoming. After surviving a sometimes cruel adolescence with his own brand of optimistic goofiness, Colton goes to work on an oil rig-and there the biggest heart in the world can't save him from the new, unkind greed that has possessed his beloved Wyoming during the latest boom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Colton's story could not be told without telling of the land that grew him, where the great high plains meet the Rocky Mountains to create a vista of lonely beauty. It is here that the existence of one boy is a true story as deeply moving as the life that inspired it.\" [Fuller's] book-set in her new home, the high plains of Wyoming-hangs so faultlessly on its high-altitude, big-sky, oildrilling bones that it seems not so much to have been written as uncovered by the wind and weather of the American north-west.\"\u003cbr\u003e -\u003ci\u003eThe Economist\u003c\/i\u003eAlexandra Fuller was born in England in 1969 and in 1972 she moved with her family to a farm in Rhodesia.  After that country’s civil war in 1981, the Fullers moved first to Malawi, then to Zambia.  Fuller received a B.A. from Acadia University in Nova Scotia, Canada.  She is the author of \u003ci\u003eDon’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood\u003c\/i\u003e, a national bestseller, a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book of 2002, and a finalist for the Guardian First Book Award, and \u003ci\u003eScribbling the Cat\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the 2005 Ulysses Award for Art of Reportage.  Fuller lives in Wyoming with her husband and children.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePraise for Alexandra Fuller’s \u003ci\u003eThe Legend of Colton H. Bryant\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Incantatory.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Carolyn See, \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“African-bred Alexandra Fuller has a feel for wildness—of a country or of a man. With the breathtaking bravado of a western windstorm, Fuller charges straight inside the mind of an American innocent, a restless cowboy with cornflower blue eyes. . . . Set this real-life hero within a landscape of oil rigs in a culture of corporate greed, and you have \u003ci\u003eThe Legend of Colton H. Bryant\u003c\/i\u003e, a loving, raging portrait of the untamed but endangered American West.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Cathleen Medwick, \u003ci\u003eO, The Oprah Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“[\u003ci\u003eThe Legend of Colton H. Bryant\u003c\/i\u003e]—set in [Fuller’s] new home, the high plains of Wyoming—hangs so faultlessly on its high-altitude, big-sky, oil-drilling bones that it seems not so much to have been written as uncovered by the wind and weather of the American north-west.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe Economist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Fuller creates an iconic cowboy from his friends’ and family’s memories. Her writing is poetry.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Sarah Peasley, \u003ci\u003eRocky Mountain News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A latter day Silkwood, quiet and understated, beautifully written, speaking volume about the priorities of the age.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A gentle, understated book that effectively muckrakes at the same time it portrays a living and dying symbol of the oil rigs.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Dennis Lythgoe, \u003ci\u003eDeseret News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Moving . . . By the time Bryant meets his demise, you may just find yourself fighting tears.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A poignant portrait of an extraordinary ordinary roughneck . . . Fuller nails dialogue and the disdain for self pity endemic in the West.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Johanna Love, \u003ci\u003eJackson Hole News \u0026amp; Guide\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Extraordinary . . . I still feel heartsick a few weeks after finishing it. . . . How can you read this tender, troubling book and go out and fill your car with gas, and not care about the men who risk their lives to provide that energy?”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Jenny Shank, \u003ci\u003eNew West\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Fuller’s deeply moving celebration of Colton’s life is bursting with humor, love, and tragedy, like all that is best in life, and without ever having met him, you won’t soon forget Colton H. Bryant.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—Ian Chipman, \u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePENGUIN BOOKS\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHE LEGEND OF COLTON H. BRYANT\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlexandra Fuller was born in England in 1969. In 1972, she moved with her family to a farm in southern Africa. She lived in Africa until her mid-twenties. In 1994, she moved to Wyoming with her husband. They have three children.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eALSO BY ALEXANDRA FULLER\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eScribbling the Cat:\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTravels with an African Soldier\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDon’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight:\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAn African Childhood\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCocktail Hour Under the Tree of Forgetfulness\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePraise for\u003c\/i\u003e Alexandra Fuller’s The Legend of Colton H. Bryant\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTitle Page\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCopyright Page\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDedication\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFEED JAKE\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCast of Characters\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePART ONE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA WESTERN\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCOLTON AND THE KMART COWBOYS\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePRESTON AND COLTON, HUNTING\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBILL’S PHILOSOPHY OF HORSE BREAKING\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBILL AND COLTON\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIN THE BEGINNING\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCATTLE DRIVE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGOOSE HUNTING WITH JAKE, COLTON, AND CODY\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJAKE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJAKE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJAKE AND COLTON\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRUNNING FREE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBILL’S PHILOSOPHY OF HUNTING\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLOOKING FOR COCOA\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFIREWOOD\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCOCOA\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGRADUATION\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBULL RIDING\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePARADISE ROAD\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDRILLING ON THE RIGS\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eANATOMY OF AN OIL PATCH\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFLOW TESTING\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHE ASTRO LOUNGE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTRAIN STOPPING\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCOLTON AND CHASE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKAYLEE’S PHILOSOPHY OF DRUGS\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFIREWORKS\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDRIVING ALL DAY\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePATTERSON-UTI DRILLING\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDRIVING ALL DAY AND NIGHT\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMARRIED\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDRILLING\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHANKSGIVING\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA SERIOUS LIFE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMARRIAGE AND ROUGHNECKING\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHE DEATH OF LEROY FRIED\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDAKOTA JUSTUS BRYANT\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCOLTON QUITS\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCOLTON WORKS IN EVANSTON\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMINUS THIRTY-FIVE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePART TWO\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHE DAY BEFORE VALENTINE’S DAY\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCUMBERLAND CEMETERY\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVALENTINE’S EVENING\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFREE FALL\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJAKE DRIVING ALL DAY\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePATTERSON-UTI DRILLING\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTOUGH ANGEL\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRAINBOW\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA MILLION-DOLLAR PERSONALITY\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEVANSTON CEMETERY\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCOLT\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJAKE AND COLTON\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAuthor’s Note\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFor Dakota and Nathanial\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBecause of C.H.B.\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom Justice to Forgiveness\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46304154124517,"sku":"NP9780143115373","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780143115373.jpg?v=1767740191","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-legend-of-colton-h-bryant-isbn-9780143115373","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}