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Mormon Stories is honored to welcome American historian and author Newell Bringhurt on the podcast to discuss the life of Fawn Brodie, author of “No Man Knows My History: The Life of Joseph Smith”. We discuss Newell’s biography of Fawn Brodie, her life as niece of LDS prophet David O. McKay, her faith, her influences to write one of the most influential books in Mormon history, and its reception by the church. Show notes: Fawn Brodie: A Biographer's Life by Newell Bringhurst No Man Knows My History by Fawn M. Brodie "Appraisal of the So-Called Brodie Book," Anonymous, Deseret News, May 11, 1946 "A Lesson from Dandy," by David O. McKay, 1968 General Conference No, Ma'am, That's Not History: A Brief Review of Mrs. Brodie's Reluctant Vindication of a Prophet She Seeks to Expose by Hugh Nibley "Can We Manipulate the Past?" Address by Fawn Brodie at the University of Utah in 1967 "The Manipulation of History," by Marvin S. Hill, Dialogue:A Journal of Mormon Thought, Fall 1970 Joseph Smith: Rough Stone Rolli