Fawn Mckay

Fawn Brodie McKay was born September 15, 1915, was raised in Ogden Utah. Fawn was a part of the Mormon Church's oldest family, merged her writing abilities and outstanding research skills into an outstanding biography of Joseph Smith. No Man Knew My History appeared in 1945. It was derived from the title of a sermon given by Joseph Smith in 1844, when he shocked his hearers with his words: "You do not know me and have not heard my voice. No one knows about my past. It is not possible for me to share it with you. Fawn wrote the 29-year-old Fawn. Since that moment the three authors have risen to the challenge. A lot of them have denigrated him and some have deified him; Some have experimented with clinical diagnosis it is not the fact that these documents lack information, the issue is that they're in complete contradiction. Assembling these documents - sorting through third- and first-hand sources, and integrating Mormons' tales of the past to those of non-Mormons into a true time-line - is a thorny task. It's both thrilling, and also instructive. This is the kind of task to which Fawn Brodie committed herself professionally. The results of her study and writing immortalized her with world-wide fame: Thaddeus Stevens. The Devil drives (1959). Thomas Jefferson. Richard Nixon and An Intimate historical history (1974).