The Porter Rockwell Chronicles: Vol. 2

The Porter Rockwell Chronicles #2

by Richard Lloyd Dewey

Volume 2 covers the turbulent first four years in Nauvoo, Illinois, where Porter Rockwell continues to fight mobs and is assigned as Joseph Smith s bodyguard. They make an unusual visit to the White House to visit the President of the United States, Martin van Buren, and then return home to face domestic turmoil and enemies determined to kill them. Note that only the printed editon - not the eBook version - contains in the second half of this volume a photographic essay of Nauvoo, the places and streets that Rockwell loved and fought for.

Genres: Historical Fiction, Lds, Fiction, Lds Fiction, Church History

452 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2000

Reviews

[Kasen Peterson]

I rather enjoyed it! To either the clinging chapter endings, to the action packed fighting.

[Michelle · Rating 3 out of 5]

The picture essays were a little too much

[Pattimoss · Rating 3 out of 5]

enjoyable reading of church history. enjoyed the Nauvoo era pictures.

[Mommacarlisle · Rating 4 out of 5]

I thought the book was good. Luana is getting on my nerves. I seriously hate her attitude. I was disappointed to find that half of this book was pictures. I wanted to read more than 200 pages of this story. So this book is actually only half the size of Vol.1 but it looks like its just as big. Can't wait to start reading the 3rd one!!!

[Kandace · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not as good as the first book. The book looks a lot bigger but it's really shorter and the second half of the book is just the author's pictures of his trip to Nauvoo. The story gets really cheesy in this one (since the author is obviously making up dialogue and personal motives) but it still left me wanting to know what happens next to Porter Rockwell.

[Ammon · Rating 4 out of 5]

This volume disappointed me a little, not by the story or anything, but because half of it is pictures. I had never been to Nauvoo before and having been there since I like the pictures a whole lot more, but I remember just wanting more Porter stories.

[Jenn · Rating 4 out of 5]

Read very quickly since half of this book is just pictures :)

[Julie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Kept on with the same appeal and energy of writing as the first. Loved it!

[Aimee · Rating 3 out of 5]

The only thing I want to add about Vol. 2 is that half of it is filled with pictures of Nauvoo. It caught me off guard, so just wanted to pass that info along.

[Wendy · Rating 3 out of 5]

I enjoyed this book I was suprised that half of it showed pictures of Navoo. I wanted more story.. thus gave less stars.

[Mechel · Rating 3 out of 5]

There is a pictorial essay at the end of the book with pictures of Nauvoo taken in 2002. One of the pictures is the stable that my father-in-law built while serving a mission in 1994.

[Debbie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ass good as the first one. This one takes places in Nauvoo.

[Jefferson Coombs · Rating 3 out of 5]

These books are very easy reads. I enjoyed reading the series but didn't love it.

[Bobby Daugherty · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good continuation of the Rockwell story, but shorter than the previous volume.