No Man Knows My History : The Life of Joseph Smith (Paperback)

from nemoman

In this well written biography, Smith comes across as a kook and a fraud. He begins his "career" as a seer who claims to possess a seer stone that will permit him to discover buried treasure on far...

from antiquary

Still the classic life of Smith from a point of view which does not venerate him (though Brodie was still nominally a member of the LDS when she wrote it. Though LDS critics of course do not accept...

from untraveller

A good book about a real scoundrel (in my opinion) by a very good author. Have also read her Books about Jefferson and Burton and all very good. Good research and solid deductive reasoning seem to ...

from Devil_llama

An exhaustive look at the life of the founder of the LDS church by a former Mormon. Ms. Brodie was excommunicated for her efforts, but all in all, the book wasn't a hatchet job. She shows a certain...

from neverstopreading

No Man Knows My History is well written and well documented. It is a scholarly work but readable by the average educated adult. Fawn M. Brodie was raised in an LDS family, but the work is not a hag...