Fawn Mckay

Fawn McCay, born at Ogden Utah September 15, 1915. Fawn was a part of the Mormon Church's oldest family, was able to combine her literary expertise and impressive research skills into a brilliant biography on Joseph Smith. No Man Knew My History appeared in 1945. The title comes from the funeral sermon given by Joseph Smith who was 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." There is no one who has ever known about my past. I cannot tell it. The 29-year-old wrote Fawn: Since that moment of candor at least three-score writers have taken up the battle. A few people have even tried to make a clinical diagnosis. Documents are not lacking, but they are contradictory. The process of assembling these documents, sifting through first-hand and third-hand sources, fitting Mormons' narratives to non-Mormons' into an authentic history - is challenging. This is fascinating and educational. Fawn brodie was highly committed to the task. Thaddeus Stevens. Stevens became immortalized through her works and the fruit of her study. The Devil Drives (1959) Scourge Of The South The Story of Sir Richard Burton (1967) Thomas Jefferson. An Intimate Historical Document (1974) and later posthumously Richard Nixon.