Fawn Mckay

Fawn McCay Brodie was was born at Ogden Utah September 15, 1915. Fawn MCKAY, who was brought up in the Mormon Church's First Family utilized her writing talent as well as expertise in research to write the intriguing biographical psycho-historical study of Joseph Smith. Published in 1945 with 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 the statement: You do not know me and have not heard my thoughts. My history is unknown to any one. In reality that I'm not sure. I wrote the 29-year-old Fawn in this moment of honesty, more than three writers have taken up the battle. There are some who have made an attempt to create a diagnostic diagnosis. Documents are not lacking, but they are contradictory. Compiling these documents - - sorting through third- and first-hand sources, fitting the Mormons' stories to those of those of non-Mormons into a true historical context - can be a challenge. The task is interesting and instructive. Fawn Brodie's career was dedicated to this goal. Thaddeus S. Stevens is immortalized in her work and the fruits of her study. The Devil Drives (1959) Scourge of the South Thomas Jefferson. The Intimate Histories (1974), and Richard Nixon.