The Porter Rockwell Chronicles, Vol. 1 Review

Average Reviews:

(More customer reviews)The legend of Orrin Porter Rockwell grows with each telling. Accordingly I have read nearly everything I could find about the man. I just completed all four volumes of "The Porter Rockwell Chronicles" by Mr. Dewey and found the story well researched, historically accurate and totally riveting.
However, I had to give the series only 3 stars because every one of the books is riddled with more typos and malapropisms than the bullet holes found in the corpses of Porter Rockwell's alleged victims! Mr. Dewey either needs to tune up his act or at least fire his proofreaders.
Dewey's writing style also continually strays from Rockwell's period to modern expressions like "freaky," "stoned out of his mind," and, my favorite, "Just hypothetically speaking..." It's a well-known fact that Rockwell couldn't read so a scenario with him using words like "hypothetically" was just a little hard to swallow. I have no problems with creative license but draw the line with expressions that go well beyond period vocabulary.
Still a great story. If you don't mind chewing through the gristle of the terrible writing then go for it. If not, check out Harold Schindler's excellent biography, "Orrin Porter Rockwell: Man of God, Son of Thunder" or Dewey's own excellent biography of Porter Rockwell.
THE HORSEMAN

Click Here to see more reviews about: The Porter Rockwell Chronicles, Vol. 1

Read the true story of Porter Rockwell in this exciting biographical novel series by an LDS best-selling author. A strong story holds reader interest and history comes alive for adults and teens alike. Volume 1 begins with his childhood years in New York where he becomes best friends with the future Mormon prophet Joseph Smith. The story continues through Porter's settlement with the Mormons in Missouri, where he fights against mobs. See the engaging yet humorous courtship with a young woman he meets and is determined to marry. Porter proves himself in friendship and loyalty to the prophet. As a teen, he also becomes the protector of his neighbors from anti-Mormon mobs. Dynamite initial volume of the series is historical fiction at its best – accurate, engrossing, and full of adventure and humor. First printing sold out in only 8 days. Now in 4th printing (Hardcover)

Get 24% OFF

Click here for more information about The Porter Rockwell Chronicles, Vol. 1

Read More...

Porter Rockwell Biography Review

Average Reviews:

(More customer reviews)If half the stories about Orrin Porter Rockwell were true, he would have had to have been a dozen men: half of them angels of righteousness and half of them devils of infernal darkness. Whatever you think of him, you have to admit he was quite a character.
When I first read Richard Lloyd Dewey's book, I thought it was merely a rehash of Harold Schindler's "Orrin Porter Rockwell: Man of God, Son of Thunder." Of course, both authors were writing about the same man. As I compared the books, however, I found that Schindler was more likely to repeat claims of writers who were out to "expose" the evil of Mormonism, while Dewey pointed out the inconsistencies, implausibilities, and impossibilities of some long-repeated legends surrounding Orrin Porter Rockwell (such as non-Mormons he was said to have killed in the Salt Lake Valley when he was in California and there were no Non-LDS whites in the valley, yet).
Some reviews fault Dewey for including parts of the history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints that don't feature Rockwell as a major player; the background information is essential for understanding the events of Old Port's life, and it was a lively life.

Click Here to see more reviews about: Porter Rockwell Biography

Get 27% OFF

Click here for more information about Porter Rockwell Biography

Read More...