Fawn Mckay

Fawn Brodie McKay was born September 15, 1915 was raised in Ogden Utah. Fawn McKay, brought up in the Mormon Church's First Family, employed her creative talents and expertise in research to write an intriguing psycho-historical biography of Joseph Smith. Published in 1945, under the name 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. The sermon said: "You do not know the person I am, and have never seen my heart." There is no one who has ever known about my past. In reality I'm not even sure. I wrote the 29-year-old Fawn in that moment of candor at least three-score writers have picked up the battle. There are some who have tried to make a clinical diagnosis. The documents aren't insufficient, but they are contradictory. The process of assembling these documents, sorting through third- and first-hand sources, and integrating Mormons' narratives to non-Mormons' into an authentic historical context - can be a challenge. It is fascinating and informative. FawnBrodie was able to take on this expert task with enthusiasm and energy. Her writings and research brought her fame around all over the globe: Thaddeus Stephens. "The Devil's Road" (1959) The Scourge of South. Thomas Jefferson. Richard Nixon, An Intimate historiography (1974), posthumous.