The Bruce R. McConkie Story: Reflections of a Son

by Joseph Fielding McConkie

Book Overview

This portrait of Bruce R. McConkie is painted on the canvas of faith in colors as bold as the sermons he preached. In the pages of this biography, written by Elder McConkie's son Joseph, the reader is... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1590382056
• ISBN13: 9781590382059
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: Shadow Mountain
• Length: 454 Pages
• Weight: 1.92 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Almost perfect

I really enjoyed the book with the exception of the mistaken mentioning of a Bruce Bancroft. As mission president McConkie asked my mother and grandfather, Lois and John Bancroft, to be baptized as told in the book. He later states that a Bruce Bancroft spoke to him. Either I have a missing uncle named Bruce or the account is wrong. I believe he probably spoke to a John Bancroft who may have mentioned that one of his nephew's, my brother, has the middle name of Bruce. Other then that the book was really good. Bruce R. McConkie paid the price.

Good, but not great!

Bruce R McConkie's doctrinal sermons and books forever changed Mormonism by taking things to a new level. I have been a long time "fan" of BRM and his accomplishments. As much as I liked this book, I found it redundant at times, more autobiographical at times, and slightly scattered and chopy. However, I do appreciate the book and the insight it does offer into the life of BRM. Glad it was written! Besides the fact that the book does not flow well, repeats itself oft, and is certinaly a biased approach (as a son ought to be, of course) the last two chapters are worth the reading. I must say that I was as touched by reading the last two chapters as I have ever been in any other book I have read. The journey may be jumpy and slightly rough, but the end is quite beautiful and touching.

Look at picture on page 165!

I have been pouring over this book for the last few weeks. Since I bought it (like Parley P. Pratt) eating has been a burden and sleep has been a burden. I have underlined everything that Elder McConkie said. This book is a wealth of sayings, observations, quips and comments that have not been preserved elsewhere.If the picture on page 165 doesn't make you want to buy this book, then nothing will.The only suggestion that I could make is that it would have been have to have a CD-ROM with the book text and images, plus "The Collected Works of Bruce R. McConkie." Ideally, this collection would include the text to all of his books (Mormon Doctrine, 2ne. ed. Rev., Doctrinal New Testament Commentary, Messiah Series, New Witness For the Articles of Faith, Sermons and Writings of Bruce R. McConkie), plus the text of the first edition of Mormon Doctrine, and the transcripts to all the conference addresses, BYU Symposia, Firesides and Devotionals, plus Regional Conferences and so forth.There is already e-text formats for most of these books, and, at least for scholarships sake, we could include the e-text of the first edition of Mormon Doctrine. Compiling a CD-Rom would be fairly easy, and it would be invaluable asset to this biography. We get the man AND his message in one gulp.And if we can't have an e-text version of "The Collected Works of Bruce R. McConkie," then we could at least have a fancy print version of his book, along the lines of "The Collected Works of Neal A. Maxwell."