Fawn Mckay
Fawn Brodie McKay, born 15 September 1915 was raised in Ogden Utah. Fawn MacKay, a Mormon member of the Church the Latter-Day Saints' original family, combined her brilliant ability to write and her remarkable researching skills to write the dazzling, psychohistorical autobiography of the author, No Man is a Master of My History, which was published in 1945. It's a name derived from a funeral speech made by Joseph Smith. In the speech, he stated: "You didn't know me or my heart. My story is not known to any one. No one knows my history. Fawn an older woman, aged 29 has written: "Since that moment of honesty at least three scores writers have risen to the challenge." Numerous have accused him of being a liar, and others have deified him; a handful have attempted at clinical diagnosis it is not the case that these documents lack it is rather that they're fiercely contradictory. The job of gathering the documents, of separating firsthand accounts from third-party plagiarism that is able to fit Mormon and non-Mormon stories to create a mosaic that makes credible historical claims. The process is thrilling and enlightening. That's the mission to which Fawn Brodie devoted herself professionally. Her work in research and writing brought her recognition around the globe: Thaddeus Stephens. The Scourge of the Southern (1959) The Devil Drives. Thomas Jefferson. The intimate Histories (1974) The Life of Sir Richard Burton (1974) and Richard Nixon.





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