Criticism of Mormonism/Books/No Man Knows My History: The Life of Joseph Smith/Chapter 18

Claims made in "Chapter 17: Ordeal in Liberty Jail"

A FAIR Analysis of: Criticism of Mormonism/Books A work by author: Fawn Brodie

Claims made in "Chapter 19: Mysteries of the Kingdom"

Claim

• Over the years, the stories of Josephs healings of the sick in Nauvoo multiplied.

Response
 FAIR WIKI EDITORS: Check sources

Claim

• Nauvoo had a brothel near the temple.

Author's source(s)

• Times and Seasons 2:599 (Aug. 2, 1841)
• Wasp 1:26 (Oct. 15, 1842)

Response

• Template:HistoricalDistortion: the brothel was run by John C. Bennett; the Mormons eventually pushed the whole thing into a ravine.
•  Misrepresentation of source: Brodie does not disclose the opposition of Joseph and the Mormons to the brothel, as described in her cited source(s).
• John C. Bennett—Brothel at Nauvoo

Claim

• Joseph's bodyguards in Nauvoo were the remnants of the Danite band.

Response

• Danites ^{[needs work]}