Fawn Mckay

Fawn McKay was born 15 September 1915, in Ogden Utah. She was a member of the Mormon Church's original family Fawn McKay devoted her brilliant writing talents as well as her remarkable abilities in research to create the brilliant psycho-historical biography of Joseph Smith, published in 1945. The book was titled The Only Man Knows My History. The title comes from the funeral sermon given by Joseph Smith, creator of the Church of Latter-Day Saints. His audience was shocked by his telling his audience: "You don't even know my name. It's been a long time since you've seen my heart." No one knows my story. I'm not able to tell my story. Fawn (29 years old) said that, since her moment of candor Three hundred writers have responded to the occasion. Certain writers have deified and even abused the man, and others have attempted to diagnose the problem. There isn't a problem that there aren't enough documents but rather they are wildly contradictory. It's not an easy job to find these records by separating the first-hand versions from copies that are third-hand and integrating Mormon stories with other ones to form a cohesive mosaic. This is both exciting and instructive. Fawn Brodie's career was committed to this cause. Thaddeus Stewards, which was the product of her research and writing, made her a world famous author. The DevilDrives. The life of Sir Richard Burton (1967) Thomas Jefferson. An intimate Historiography (1974) and later posthumously Richard Nixon.