Fawn Mckay

Fawn McCay Brodie, birthplace in Ogden Utah September 15, 1915. Fawn MCKAY, raised in the Mormon Church's First Family utilized her writing talent as well as research abilities to create an intriguing psycho-historical biography of Joseph Smith. Published in 1945 under the title"No Man knows My History, she used both. It was derived from the title of a sermon delivered by Joseph Smith in 1844. He stunned his listeners with his words: "You don't know me, and have not heard my thoughts. No one has ever heard of my life. No one knows my history. Fawn (29 an age) wrote that after her confessional moment Three hundred writers have responded to the event. Many have abhorred him and others have deified. There are a few who have come to an assessment. Not that the documents are missing, it's that they are so contradictory. In order to assemble these documentsin order to distinguish first-hand stories from plagiarism by third parties, and finally, to put Mormon as well as non Mormon stories together to form an authentic mosaic, is not an easy task. The task is interesting and instructive. Fawn brodie was highly committed to the task. The results of her study as well as her writing earned her world-wide fame: Thaddeus Stevens. The DevilDrives. The life of Sir Richard Burton (1967) Thomas Jefferson. Richard Nixon and An Intimate historical history (1974).