Fawn M. Brodie

Fawn McKay Brodie (September 15, 1915 – January 10, 1981) was a biographer and professor of history at UCLA. Quotes A passion for politics stems usually from an insatiable need, either for power, or for friendship and adulation, or a combination of both. Thomas Jefferson: An Intimate History, ch. 1 (1974) There is, of course, a gold mine or a buried treasure on every mortgaged homestead. Whether the farmer ever digs for it or not, it is there, haunting his daydreams when the burden of debt is most unbearable. No Man Knows My History, ch. 2 (1945) A man's memory is bound to be a distortion of his past in accordance with his present interests, and the most faithful autobiography is likely to mirror less what a man was than what he has become. No Man Knows My History, ch. 19 (1945) Show me a character whose life arouses my curiosity, and my flesh begins crawling with suspense. Los Angeles Times Home Magazine (Feb. 20, 1977) Housework is a breeze. Cooking is a pleasant diversion. Putting up a retaining wall is a lark. But teaching is like climbing a mountain. Los Angeles Times Home Magazine (Feb. 20, 1977) External links Biography of Fawn Brodie Excerpts from No Man Knows My History No Ma'am that's Not History - full text of the booklet by Hugh Nibley Category:Biographers from the United States Category:Women authors from the United States Category:Women academics from the United States Category:Historians from the United States Category:Agnostics from the United States Category:People from Utah Category:1915 births Category:1981 deaths Category:University of California, Los Angeles faculty