Fawn Mckay
Fawn McKay was born 15 September 1915 in Ogden Utah. Fawn MCKAY was brought up in the Mormon First Family of the Church made use of her talent for writing and expertise in research to write an intriguing psycho-historical biography of Joseph Smith. Published in 1945, under the name No Man has My History, she used both. The title derives from the funeral sermons of Joseph Smith who was the founding father of The Church of Latter-Day Saints. He shocked his audience by saying: "You don't even know my name. There is no way to know the inside of my mind." My story is not known to anyone. There is no one who knows my past. Fawn, a 29-year-old woman said: "Since that moment of candor, at least three writers have risen to the task." Certain writers have honored and denigrated the man, and others have tried to pinpoint the cause. It isn't because there's not enough evidence instead, they're completely inconsistent. The process of collating these documents--of sifting first-hand account from third-hand plagiarism of fitting Mormon and non-Mormon narratives into the kind of mosaic that can be considered to be credible historiography. It's a fascinating as well as educational journey. It's a task which Fawn Brodie devoted herself professionally. Her work in research and writing brought her recognition around the globe: Thaddeus Stephens. The Devil Drives (1959) Scourge Of The Southern Thomas Jefferson. The intimate Histories (1974), and Richard Nixon.





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