Fawn Mckay
Fawn McCay Brodie was born in Ogden Utah September 15, 1915. Fawn McKay, born into 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. The title was inspired by the title of a sermon that Joseph Smith delivered in 1844. He amazed his audience with his words: "You don't know me, and have not heard my voice. Nobody knows my story. Nobody knows my story. Wrote the 29-year old Fawn: Since that moment of candor more than three writers have jumped on the battle. These documents are not lacking however they contradict each other. It is a difficult task to assemble these documents and separate first-hand stories from the third-hand versions and then combining Mormon stories with other ones to form a cohesive mosaic. This is exciting as well as instructive. Fawn Brodie's career was devoted to this aim. The fruits of her research and writing made her immortalized with world-wide fame: Thaddeus Stevens. "The Devil's Drive" (1959) The Southern Scourge. Thomas Jefferson. The Intimate Histories (1974) The Life of Sir Richard Burton (1974) and Richard Nixon.





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