<![CDATA[Cowboy: The Legend of Colton H. Bryant]]>

false <![CDATA[Cowboy: The Legend of Colton H. Bryant]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255573270m/2074104.jpg 2074104 8 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. 2434073 6 5 2008 Cowboy: The Legend of Colton H. Bryant total:259|5:88|4:92|3:57|2:19|1:3| 259 1020 493 106 2 2 false false Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 31 21:35:38 -0700 2008 Mon Nov 03 11:04:12 -0800 2008 more...]]> 0 2 false false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 13 05:55:39 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 15 17:30:58 -0800 2008 4 2 false false Thu Jun 12 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun May 25 16:12:26 -0700 2008 Fri Jun 13 07:56:59 -0700 2008 more...]]> 0 1 false false Thu Jan 22 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 22 16:49:20 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 22 16:50:15 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Fri Jun 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 30 12:12:26 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 30 12:19:13 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Thu Mar 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Feb 23 09:11:51 -0800 2009 Fri Mar 20 06:39:24 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Mon Jun 08 05:17:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 01 07:15:53 -0700 2009
I am not an expert on Wyoming or the writings of Alexandra, but yet I do feel a gained knowledge simply because of my proximity to both. I think she captures Wyoming and...more...]]> 2 1 false true Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue May 12 16:56:56 -0700 2009 Thu May 14 13:02:54 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Mar 12 10:06:57 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 12 10:15:14 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Sep 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 29 13:26:36 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 04 14:15:06 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Jun 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 08 07:14:45 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 12 21:33:39 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false false Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Oct 07 07:02:18 -0700 2008 Tue Oct 07 07:02:18 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Aug 24 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 24 16:55:46 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 24 18:29:45 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 1 false false Wed Jun 18 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jun 16 23:34:06 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 18 12:31:27 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat May 31 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 15 09:07:14 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 15 09:16:01 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue May 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon May 25 13:31:15 -0700 2009 Tue May 26 05:04:38 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 05 14:00:30 -0800 2009 Thu Nov 05 14:02:54 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Apr 19 16:38:04 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 19 16:40:07 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 25 08:40:07 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 25 08:44:19 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Tue Aug 12 06:27:29 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 02 08:15:06 -0700 2008 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=2074104