Fawn Mckay
Fawn Brodie McKay born September 15, 1915, was raised in Ogden Utah. Fawn MCKAY, who was brought up in the Mormon Church's First Family employed her creative talents and skills in researching to produce the fascinating psycho-historical biographical biography of Joseph Smith. Published in 1945 under the title No Man is a Master of My History, she used both. That title was taken from a funeral speech delivered by the founder of the Church of Latter-Day Saints in 1844, when he shocked the congregation with his words: You don't know me I never told you about my heart. No man knows my history. The truth is that I'm not sure. Fawn, a 29-year-old woman wrote: "Since that moment of candor, at least three writers have risen to the challenge." Some have rebuked him, while others have glorified. Few have made a diagnosis. Not that the documents are missing, it's the fact that they're contradictory. It is a matter of separating personal testimony from third party fraud and then blending Mormon and non-Mormon narratives into a coherent history. This is exciting and also instructive. FawnBrodie took on this professional project with gusto and enthusiasm. The results of her study as well as her writing earned her worldwide fame. Thaddeus Stevens. The DevilDrives. Thomas Jefferson. Richard Nixon, An Intimate historiography (1974), posthumous.





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