Alexandra Fuller

The author discusses the true story of a third-generation oil rig worker in rural Wyoming. 202-364-1919. (Book World, The Washington Post)

Harvard Book Store is pleased to welcome bestselling author ALEXANDRA FULLER (Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight) to read from her newest book The Legend of Colton H. Bryant, Fuller's rendering of the brief and poignant life of one of Wyoming's native sons.

Colton H. Bryant never wanted to leave ... (more)Wyoming. When it was time for him 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.

"Alexandra Fuller's first book, Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood, was a national bestseller, a New York Times Notable Book of 2002, and was chosen the Book Sense Best Nonfiction Book of the Year 2002. Fuller will read from and sign her new book The Legend of Colton H. Bryant: ... (more)The Story of a Wyoming Boy ($23.95 The Penguin Press). In her book Scribbling the Cat, 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."