Fawn Mckay
Fawn McKay was born 15 September 1915 in the city of Ogden in Utah. Born into the Mormon Church's original family Fawn McKay directed her ingenious writing talents as well as her remarkable researching skills in the creation of a brilliant psycho-historical biography of Joseph Smith, published in 1945, entitled No Man Knows My History. It was a title taken from an 1844 funeral speech delivered by Joseph Smith. In the speech, he declared: You weren't aware of me or my heart. My story is not known to anybody. It's impossible for me to reveal it. Fawn 29, a woman of 29 years old, said: "Since that moment of candor, at least three writers have picked up the task." Some have attacked him, some have glorified him. A small number have tried their luck at diagnosing him clinically. It's not because the records aren't complete, it is rather that they're wildly contradictory. It is a difficult task to organize these records, to separate first-hand accounts from the third-hand versions and put Mormon as well as non Mormon accounts together to form a coherent mosaic. The process is thrilling and enlightening. This is the kind of task to which Fawn Brodie dedicated herself professionally. Her work in research and writing brought her fame around the world: Thaddeus Stephens. The Devil drives (1959). Thomas Jefferson. A Personal Historical Document (1974) as well as posthumously Richard Nixon.





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