Fawn Mckay

Fawn McCay Brodie was was born at Ogden Utah September 15, 1915. Born into the Mormon Church's first family Fawn McKay devoted her brilliant writing talents as well as her remarkable research skills to creating the brilliant psycho-historical biography of Joseph Smith, published in 1945 under the title No Man Knows My History. The title of this book was an inspiration for a funeral sermon delivered in 1844 by Church of Latter-Day Saints founder Joseph Smith. The sermon said: "You do not know what I'm about and you've not seen my soul." No one knows my story. I am not able to tell you. me to share it with you. Fawn, a 29-year-old woman wrote: "Since that moment of truthfulness, three or more writers have risen to the task." Many have abhorred him and others have glorified. Few have made an assessment. It's not that documents are not there, but that they are so contradictory. It's a daunting job to find these records, separating first-hand accounts from third-hand copies and fitting Mormon accounts with those of non-Mormon people to form a cohesive collage. It's both thrilling and informative. Fawn Brodie's career was dedicated to this goal. Her writings and research made her famous all over the world: Thaddeus Stephens. The Devil Drives (1959) Scourge Of The South Thomas Jefferson. A personal history of Richard Nixon (1974) as also posthumously Richard Nixon.