Fawn Mckay

Fawn McKay was born on 15 September 1915 in Ogden Utah. Fawn McKay, born into the Mormon Church's First Family, employed her creative talents and research abilities to create the intriguing biographical psycho-historical study of Joseph Smith. Published in 1945 with the title: No Man knows My History, she used both. The title of this book was inspired by a funeral speech that was delivered by the Church of Latter-Day Saints founder Joseph Smith. In his sermon, he stated: "You do not know what I'm about and you've not seen my soul." No man knows my history. I don't know. Fawn (29 years old) wrote that she has been honest since the moment she made her statement the three hundred and thirty writers have stood up to the occasion. Many have abused him some have deified him; Some have tried their hands at diagnostics. It's not that documents are lacking it is rather that they're wildly contradictory. It's not an easy task to assemble these documents by separating the first-hand versions from copies that are third-hand and integrating Mormon accounts with those of non-Mormon people into a coherent collage. It is both exciting and informative. This is the kind of task to which Fawn Brodie devoted herself professionally. Her work in research and writing earned her fame all over the world: Thaddeus Stephens. The Devil Drives (1959) Scourge Of The South Thomas Jefferson. The Intimate Histories (1974), and Richard Nixon.