Fawn Mckay

Fawn McKay was born on 15 September 1915 in Ogden Utah. Fawn was a part of the Mormon Church's longest-running family, combined her literary abilities and outstanding research skills into a brilliant biography on Joseph Smith. No Man knew My History appeared in 1945. This title comes from a funeral sermon delivered by the Church of Latter-Day Saints' founder. Nobody has been told about my story. I don't know. I wrote the 29-year-old Fawn: Since that moment of candor more than three writers have jumped on the challenge. Many have abhorred him and others have deified. Few have made a diagnosis. The documents are not there, but that they're so inconsistent. It is a daunting task to put together the documents, of separating firsthand accounts from a third-party copycatting of Mormon and non-Mormon accounts into a mosaic that makes an authentic historical claims. This is both exciting and instructive. Such was the task to which Fawn Brodie put her professional energy into. The fruits of her research and writing immortalized her with the world's attention: Thaddeus Stevens. The DevilDrives. Thomas Jefferson. The Intimate Histories (1974) as well as Richard Nixon.