No Man Knows My History: The Life of Joseph Smith

by Fawn M. Brodie

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780679730545
Publisher:	Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date:	08/01/1995
Edition description:	ENL
Pages:	576
Sales rank:	186,200
Product dimensions:	5.13(w) x 7.97(h) x 1.19(d)

About the Author

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, including No Man Knows My History: The Life of Joseph Smith, Thaddeus Stevens: Scourge of the South, and her bestseller, Thomas Jefferson: An Intimate History.