"Stories From the Life of Porter Rockwell" by John W. Rockwell & Jerry Borrowman

Some called him a Guardian Angel, others (mostly those who'd
looked down the barrel of his gun) called him The Angel of Death.
 He was blessed by the prophet that he'd never be killed by
bullet or blade and as a token of that promise he was told never
to cut his hair.  Word of that promise made him a Western
legend, and plenty of outlaws put it to the test, but none
successfully.

In the annals of LDS church history, perhaps no one but Joseph
Smith himself has been cause for so much speculation and so many
fascinating stories, but authors Jerry Borrowman and John W.
Rockwell (Porter's great-great-grandson) sift through the legends
for the facts—which even without embellishment somehow still
leave us scratching our heads wondering who this boyhood friend
of Joseph's, from the neighboring farm in Palmyra, really
was.

That's this week on The Cricket and Seagull...