No Man Knows My History by Fawn M. Brodie

Men were sent out among the people around the country to preach the gospel. Regardless, the baptisms continued, and the church grew. Their baptisms were often disrupted by armed mobs. Joseph preached the gospel as he had learned it in the Book of Mormon, soon gathering a large following. On ApJoseph organized the Lord's church with six members. Joseph claimed that The Book of Mormon is the most accurate book written, and that one can get nearer to God through the reading of this book than any other written. Within six months after Oliver joined him, the whole of the book was translated and ready for publication as The Book of Mormon. As Joseph was then illiterate, he required scribes to write his translation. It took some time for Joseph to learn how to comprehend and decipher the meanings of the symbols on the plates. From the time that locals discovered that Joseph had been allowed to take the plates from the ground, he was forced to create ingenious locations and unusual spots to hide this precious record. Later, Joseph saw an angel who tasked Joseph with the responsibility of retrieving a portion of records, which contained a history of a people who had come to the Americas before the time of Christ, translate them, and share them with the world. Unfavorable stories were circulated about him, his family continued to struggle against false accusations, and lost their land and home. From that day until his death, Joseph was constantly and consistently persecuted. They told him no church was correct, and that he should join none. Joseph saw God, the Father, and His Son, Jesus Christ. That request changed his life in a way he could not expect, along with the lives of hundreds of thousands of people, even millions, during the ensuing 175 years. Joseph determined to ask God which of all the churches was right. It was when Joseph was between ages thirteen and fifteen that his life changed forever. Brodie chooses to believe that his written history, the things which he shared with the world are false, and that his story is a myth and a legend.

If I had not experienced what I have, I could not have believed it myself' (p. I cannot tell it I shall never undertake it I don't blame anyone for not believing my history. Brodie takes as her thesis a statement made by Joseph Smith at a funeral: 'You don't know me. Brodie is a history of Joseph Smith, Prophet, Seer, Revelator and first President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from the point of view of an unbeliever, whose whole focus is to prove him to be a charlatan, a fake and a fraud. No Man Knows My Name: The Life of Joseph Smith by Fawn M.

No Man Knows My History by Fawn M. Brodie