No Man Knows My History The Life of Joseph Smith [Paperback]

The first paperback edition of the classic biography of the founder of the Mormon church, this book attempts to answer the questions that continue to surround Joseph Smith. Was he a genuine prophet, or a gifted fabulist who became enthralled by the products of his imagination and ended up being martyred for them? 24 pages of photos. Map.Fawn M. Brodie (1915–1981), raised in Utah, was a biographer and history professor at the University of California, Los Angeles. She was the author of five biographies, four of which incorporate Freudian psychology, includingNo Man Knows My History: The Life of Joseph Smith, Thaddeus Stevens: Scourge of the South,and her bestseller, Thomas Jefferson: An Intimate History.US