Fawn Mckay

Fawn MCK Brodie was born on September 15th, 1915 at Ogden Utah. Fawn McCay was born in Ogden Utah in 1915, and was raised by the Mormon church's founding family. She employed her creative writing talents and exceptional abilities to research in order to create the brilliant, psycho-historical, biography of Joseph Smith. It was published in 45, under the title, "No Man Knows My History". It was derived from the sermon title delivered by Joseph Smith in 1844. He stunned his listeners with his words: "You are not my friend and you have never heard my heart. No one knows about my past. I can't tell. Fawn, a 29-year-old woman has written: "Since that moment of candor, at least three writers have taken on the task." The documents do not lack but they do contradict one the other. Compiling these documents - - sifting through first-hand and third-hand sources and fitting the Mormons' stories to those of those of non-Mormons into a true time-line - is a thorny task. The task is interesting and instructive. FawnBrodie embraced this professional project with gusto and enthusiasm. The fruits of her research and writing immortalized her with world-wide fame: Thaddeus Stevens. The Devil Drives (1959) Scourge Of The Southern Thomas Jefferson. The intimate Histories (1974) as well as Richard Nixon.