Legend Of Colton H Bryant

Alexandra FullerPublished: 06/04/2009

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From the author of Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight, the unforgettable true story of a boy who comes of age in the oilfields and plains of Wyoming

ISBN: 9781847393319 Category:

Description

Colton H. Bryant grew up in Wyoming and never once wanted to leave it. Wyoming loved him and he loved it back. Two things helped Colton get through school and the neighbourhood bullies: his best friend Jake and his favourite mantra: Mind over matter– which meant to him: if you don’t mind, it don’t matter.

Colton and Jake grew up wanting nothing more that the freedom to sleep out under the great Wyoming night sky, and to be just like Jake’s dad, Bill, a strong, gentle man of few words who can ride rodeo like nobody’s business. When Colton started work as a driller on a rig, despite his young wife begging him to quit, he claimed it was in his blood. Colton did die young and he died on the rig — falling to his death because the oil company neglected to spend the $2,000 on safety rails. His family received no compensation. The strong, sad story of Colton H. Bryant’s life could not be told without the telling of the land that grew him, where there are still such things as cowboys roaming the plains, where it is relationships that get you through and where a simple, soulful and just man named Colton H. Bryant lived and died.

Additional information

Weight 0.2 kg
Dimensions 19.8 × 12.9 × 2.2 cm
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Publisher

Imprint

Cover

Paperback

Pages

203

Language

English

Edition
Dewey

622.3382092 (edition:22)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K

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