 First edition cover | |
| Author | Hugh Nibley |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Subject | Mormon studies |
| Genre | Apologetics |
| Publisher | Bookcraft |
Publication date | 1946 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | |
| Pages | 62 |
| OCLC | 4388256 |
| LC Class | BX8670.2 .B76 N42 |
No, Ma'am, That's Not History is a short work written by Hugh Nibley to criticize Fawn M. Brodie's biography of Joseph Smith, No Man Knows My History. Nibley accuses Brodie of inconsistency and improper historical methodology. Scholars have criticized No, Ma'am for using the same kind of hyperbole that Nibley critiques in Brodie. Nibley's defenders explain that his acerbic satire does use similar rhetorical tools as Brodie does, which is part of its attention-grabbing intent. In 1999, The Salt Lake Tribune said the book "was wildly popular in Utah".[1]
- ^ Wolfson, Hannah (September 7, 1999). "Biographer Brodie Is the Subject Of a New Book". The Salt Lake Tribune. p. B4.
In 1946, Brigham Young University [p]rofessor Hugh Nibley wrote a pamphlet called, No Ma'am, That's Not History, which picked apart [Fawn] Brodie's thesis and was wildly popular in Utah.
Continued from Wolfson, Hannah (September 7, 1999). "Now We Know Her History". The Salt Lake Tribune. p. B1.