Lucy Ortiz is about to be arrested by federal agents when she is rescued by a man claiming to be Porter Rockwell, a legendary lawman, guerilla and gunfighter.
Porter offers to help Lucy sneak her father out of ICE detention – if she’ll take part in the breakout. Lucy agrees and joins Porter and friends in a quest for national revolution and individual redemption.
Along the way, Lucy learns the truth about horrific events from the 19th century, their contemporary parallels and the science of human existence.
on a fools errand to revise the government
A group of overachieving Navajo kids from The Res and their white friends decide America needs an updated Constitution. They enlist Americans of all stripes to help refine the Bill of Rights and restore power to the people. As Porter Rockwell says, they are the only ones “visionary enough, smart enough and dumb enough to pull it off.”
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Steve Hawkins lives in South Jordan, Utah. Most days, he is trying to become a better person.
“I live several miles away from the site of Porter Rockwell's Hot Springs Brewery and Hotel. In September 2025, I drove through that area and wondered about Porter, my Mormon pioneer forefathers and the ancestors of Utah's Indigenous tribes.
If they could reach across the void and speak, what would they wish to tell us?”
The book, Saving Porter Rockwell, is a work of fiction originating in the author's brain. Depictions of any real person, whether live or dead, is fictional. No AI was used in the writing of this book, other than occasional Google summaries used as a starting to point to uncover historical sources.
Artwork on this website was generated by AI using Google Gemini. Website design adapted from template by Puzart Design through Canva and then converted to HTML through Gamma. Silhouettes of Wilson, Porter and Lucy were created using licensed stock images purchased through Shutterstock. Book cover design by Steve Hawkins.
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