No Man Knows My History: The Life of Joseph Smith
What is the author's style in No Man Knows My History: The Life of Joseph Smith by Fawn M. Brodie?
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Ms. Brodie followed none of today's accepted requirements for a history of any kind. There is little documentation, much of what she uses is hearsay and inaccurate. For example, she used one piece of documentation as a source to prove a point, and later proved that the same source was fraudulent. Her very thesis stated in her preface declared: "The source of his power lay not in his doctrine but in his person, and the