![]() ![]() I personally only cited her one time and that was when I was unable to find a primary source document and so was relying on her conveyance of a newspaper article from Joseph Smith’s time. You can search all of my research for “Brodie” and you will find her mentioned in only 3 of my ~377 documents totaling about 400,000 words. I’ve been writing on and researching Mormonism for a while now, and I am careful about citing my sources. Several years after my faith transition I tried to read it but never got more than a couple of pages into it-I’m far more interested in the primary documents and most of those are easily accessible today. ![]() ![]() I studiously avoided the book while a member of the Church. I’ve actually never read Fawn Brodie’s book. I wrote several of the linked articles and I’ve never read BrodieĪ huge chunk of what I have posted and linked to is my own original research using primary source documents. If Brodie is a dubious source and “all the above sources originate from ” then that would be cause for great concern. Search FairMormon Wiki (as a start) for responses to all things Brodie. Her works on Joseph Smith are considered dubious by many scholars. ![]() It looks like all the above sources originate from Fawn McKay Brodie who was a well known anti-Mormon writer. In response to the document How could Joseph Smith have composed the Book of Mormon?, the following comment was posted to facebook: ![]()
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