Fawn Mckay

Fawn McKay's birthplace was Ogden Utah on September 15 1915. Fawn MCKAY, who was raised in the Mormon First Family of the Church, utilized her writing talent as well as skills in researching to produce an intriguing psycho-historical biography of Joseph Smith. Published in 1945 with the title: No Man is a Master of My History, she used both. The title comes from the funeral sermon given by Joseph Smith who was the leader of the Church of Latter-Day Saints. He shocked his audience by saying: "You don't even know my name. There is no way to know my feelings." My history is not known to anyone. I cannot tell it. I wrote the 29-year old Fawn at the time: Ever since this moment of honesty, about three dozen writers have stepped up to the plate. Certain writers have honored and denigrated his character, whereas others have attempted to diagnose the root of the problem. It isn't the case that there's not enough documentation instead, they're completely divergent. The task is to distinguish the first hand account from third-hand plagiarism as well as to match Mormons' stories with those of non-Mormons into a coherent history. It's both thrilling and interesting. Such was the task to which Fawn Brodie dedicated herself professionally. The fruits of her research and writing made her immortalized with worldwide fame. Thaddeus Stevens. The Devil drives (1959). Thomas Jefferson. The intimate Histories (1974), and Richard Nixon.