Wilmer, You are correct and the Brodie handling of three books she wrote are well covered in a book. Absolutely no issue between the LDS and her Jefferson book as you mention. She just had them all "in her sights" in my opinion. Herb -----Original Message----- From: Discussion of research and writing about Virginia history [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Wilmer L. Kerns Sent: Monday, May 05, 2008 10:05 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: [VA-HIST] Fawn Brodie Herb, Fawn Brodie was excommunicated in May 1946 from LDS, two decades before her psychobiography on Jefferson. There was no issue between the Church and her work on TJ. Wilmer L. Kerns -----Original Message----- From: Discussion of research and writing about Virginia history [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Herbert Barger Sent: Monday, May 05, 2008 8:57 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Jefferson's Overseer ...Fawn Brodie came along with her weird analysis and told the Eston relatives that why should they cling to the long held belief that their ancestor was "a Jefferson uncle", meaning Randolph Jefferson WHEN they could claim THOMAS himself and since then this is what we have. They even threw Fawn Brodie out of her LDS Church for degrading and painting their founder in a bad light.........just as a similar approach of T..... ______________________________________ To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html ______________________________________ To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html