Fawn Mckay

Fawn McCay, birthplace at Ogden Utah September 15, 1915. Fawn MacKay, born into the Mormon Church's first family, applied her brilliant abilities as a writer and her formidable abilities to research in order to create the psycho-historical biographies about Joseph Smith. The book The book, No Man knows My History was published in 1945. That title was taken from a funeral sermon given by the founder of the Church of Latter-Day Saints in 1844 when he startled the congregation with his words"You don't even know me." and you've never known my heart. My history is not known to anyone. Nobody knows my story. Fawn wrote the 29-year-old Fawn. From that point, at least three writers have taken on the challenge. These documents are not lacking but they do contradict one with respect to each other. Assembling these documents - sifting through first-hand and third-hand sources and fitting Mormons' tales of the past to other people's time-line - is a thorny task. It's both thrilling and informative. Fawn Brodie's professional life was committed to this cause. Thaddeus Stewards, the result of her research and writing has made her a famous author. "The Devil's Drive" (1959) The Southern Scourge. The Life of Sir Richard Burton (1967) Thomas Jefferson. Richard Nixon and An Intimate Historiography (1974).