Posted by 1900 on April 09, 1998 at 13:14:26:
In Reply to: Fawn Brodie posted by rpcman on April 09, 1998 at 11:01:16:
: : Apparently you didn't read what I said.
: Actually, I did.
: :I have read Brodie.
: I realize this. I was saying that *others* have stated their conclusions on Brodie's view of Joseph Smith based on reading reviews of a book she wrote that had nothing to do with Joseph Smith.
: :As far as a bio of Joseph Smith, I haven't the foggiest. I have never read anything on the man.
: As Carlos asked... Can you tell us what exactly she missed the boat on with regard to Jefferson and why this should mean anything for her unrelated bio. on Joseph Smith?
: If you haven't read anything about Joseph Smith, why did you make your post to begin with? What is your point?
I simply caution those who pursue Honest Intellectural Inquiry to be careful about the sources they trust. My problem with the way Brodie treats the subject of Thomas Jefferson is her concentration on titilating inuendo and supposition about Mr. Jefferson's personal life rather than what the established facts indicate about the mans habits and character.
She also seems to couch her stories in the socio-intellectual mores of the last half of this decade rather than the Jeffersonian period. If she does this with Jefferson, I imagine she does this with Smith.