[bksvol-discuss] just submitted: the Legend of Colton H. Bryant
- From: "Amber Wallenstein" <amber.wallens@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 2 Aug 2008 18:00:08 -0400
I just submitted The Legend of Colton H. Bryant by Alexandra Fuller. The text
should be clean, but I admit I was teary and sniffly through the last few
chapters so may have missed something.
there were a hundred
ways to die in Wyoming. That's why
he figured there was only one way to
live-with all his heart.
WHEN ALEXANDRA FULLER set out to write
about the oil rigs on Wyoming's high plains, she was expecting the fierce
weather and the roughnecks, the big skies and the industry men, but she wasn't
expecting to encounter a real-life cowboy. Then Colton H. Bryant happened into
her story, a soulful boy with a mustang-taming heart and blue eyes that'll look
right through you. The story of his life took over Fuller's writing and a kind
of magic ensued, the result of which became this book: .
Along with his best friend, Jake, Colton survives a sometimes cruel adolescence
where neighborhood bullies tease him for his brand of optimistic goofincss and
where his mantra, "Mind over matter. I don't mind, so it don't matter," keeps
him fighting on. Into his adulthood, Colton loves all things Wyoming: horses,
hunting, pickup trucks and camping out.
But then real life comes due. Colton grows up and finds himself a family and
when, against his wife's wishes, Colton joins a crew of roughnecks on the oil
rigs that reach high into the Wyoming sky, all the big heart in the world can't
save him from the new, unkind greed that has possessed his beloved Wyoming
during this latest mineral boom. Tragedy seems inevitable.
The bittersweet story of Colton H. Bryant could not be told without the 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 lives of
unembellished stoicism are lived, where friendships last forever and where the
existence of one boy has become a true story as deeply moving as the life that
inspired it.
Alexandra 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.
Amber
Book blog:
http://community.livejournal.com/book_cuddler/
I have accepted a seat in the House of Representatives, and thereby have
consented to my own ruin, to your ruin, and to the ruin of our children. I give
you this warning that you may prepare your mind for your fate.
John Adams
E-Mail: amber.wallens@xxxxxxxxx
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