Fawn Mckay

Fawn McCay Brodie, birthplace in Ogden Utah September 15, 1915. Fawn McKay, born into the Mormon Church's First Family employed her creative talents and expertise in research to write the intriguing biographical psycho-historical study of Joseph Smith. Published in 1945 under the title No Man knows My History, she used both. That title was taken from a funeral sermon given by the founding father of the Church of Latter-Day Saints in 1844 when he startled the congregation with his words: You don't know me and you've never known my heart. No one has ever known about my past. Nobody knows my story. I wrote the 29-year-old Fawn in this moment of honesty, at least three-score writers have jumped on the battle. Many have abhorred him and others have glorified. Few have made a diagnosis. It's not that documents are not there, but the fact that they're contradictory. This is the task--sifting out the firsthand evidence from the third-party plagiarism and fitting Mormon-and non-Mormon-narratives into a mosaic of credible theology. The task is fascinating and educational. FawnBrodie was able to take on this expert task with enthusiasm and energy. Thaddeus Stewards, the result of her writing and research has made her a known author. The Devil drives (1959). Thomas Jefferson. An intimate Historiography (1974) as well as posthumously Richard Nixon.