Fawn Mckay

Fawn Brodie McKay, born on September 15, 1915, was raised in Ogden Utah. Born into the Mormon Church's very first family, Fawn McKay was able to direct her innovative writing talents as well as her remarkable researching skills in the creation of an outstanding psycho-historical biographical biography of Joseph Smith, published in 1945. The book was titled No Man is able to know My History. This title is taken from the funeral sermon given by Joseph Smith, the founding father of the Church of Latter-Day Saints. His audience was shocked by his declaring: "You don't even know my name. It's been a long time since you've seen my feelings." My past is not known to anyone. My history is not known by anyone. I wrote the 29-year-old Fawn: Since this moment of honesty, at least three-score writers have taken up the battle. Many have abhorred him and others have deified. A few have even made the diagnosis. It's not that documents are not there, but the fact that they're contradictory. In order to assemble these documentsand separate the firsthand sources from a third-party plagiarism and then fit Mormon and non Mormon narratives together into an authentic mosaic, is not an simple task. It's both thrilling and educational. FawnBrodie dedicated herself to this job. Her writings and research brought her fame around the world. Thaddeus Stephens. The Devil drives (1959). The life of Sir Richard Burton (1967) Thomas Jefferson. An Intimate Historical Document (1974) and later posthumously Richard Nixon.