The Porter Rockwell Chronicles: Vol. 3 By Richard Lloyd Dewey (The Porter Rockwell Chronicles #3)

Volume 3. This true account pits Porter Rockwell against mobs and his own conflicted character. He protects his neighbors in amazing gun battles but finally loses the war.

The Nauvoo period of his life draws to a close as his close friend Joseph Smith is murdered, and his own wife leaves him to remarry, taking his beloved daughter Emily with her. Porter must bid a heartbroken farewell to this child he loves more than anyone else in the world, as he and thousands of others decide to flee Nauvoo and head west.

As the chief scout and hunter, he helps his people survive, crossing the plains to the Great Salt Lake.