Fawn Mckay
Fawn Brodie McKay born 15 September 1915 was raised in Ogden Utah. Fawn MCKAY was educated in the Mormon First Family of the Church, utilized her writing talent as well as research abilities to create the captivating psycho-historical biographical account of Joseph Smith. Published in 1945, under the name No Man Knows My History, she used both. It's a name derived from an 1844 funeral speech given by Joseph Smith. In it, he said: You didn't know me and you hadn't known my heart. My past is not known to anyone. There is no one who knows my past. Fawn was a 29-year-old Fawn. Since then more than three writers have responded to the call. A few have denigrated and used Fawn, while others are trying to find out the root of the cause. It isn't the case that there's not enough documentation however they're wildly divergent. The task of assembling the documents, of separating firsthand accounts from third-hand plagiarism of fitting Mormon and non-Mormon accounts into the form of a coherent historiography. This is an exciting and instructive experience. Such was the task to which Fawn Brodie devoted herself professionally. The fruits of her research and writing made her immortalized with worldwide fame. Thaddeus Stevens. The Devil drives (1959). Thomas Jefferson. The Intimate Histories (1974) And Richard Nixon.
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