John Edward Fahey
Contributor
John E. Fahey - John E. Fahey
John E. Fahey is a Master's student in European History at George Mason University. He earned his BA in History (with a minor in German) from Brigham Young University. His main academic interests include Military history, European history, travel and World War II. He will be published in the Fall 2008 Utah Historical Quarterly and has been published in the Blue Mountain Shadows. John is a member of the Pi Alpha Theta History Honor Society and has presented a paper at Pi Alpha Theta's Utah regional conferance.
John enjoys travel, music, reading, opera and traveling to read opratic music.
Latest Articles
|
Reactions to Polygamy
Overland Travelers who visited Utah Mormons were horrified, fascinated and bemused by plural marriage.
Oct 8, 2008
- John Edward Fahey
|
|
Visiting the Mormons
As overland travelers visited Utah in the 1850s and 1860s, their reports of the Mormon people became steadily more negative.
Sep 4, 2008
- John Edward Fahey
|
|
How to take a History Exam
Essay tests can be among the greatest challenges facing college students. Here are four simple rules of thumb for History essay tests.
Aug 22, 2008
- John Edward Fahey
|
|
The Death of Marshal Tukhachevskii
One of the 1930s' best military innovators was the USSR's Marshal Tukhachevskii. His death, along with other officer victims of Stalin, destroyed the Red Army.
Aug 1, 2008
- John Edward Fahey
|
|
Visiting Brigham Young
While the object of intense negative press, overland travelers who visited Brigham Young generally left with at least a few positive impressions.
Jul 29, 2008
- John Edward Fahey
|
|
The Myth of Pope Joan
While the myth of Pope Joan--a woman who was made Pope in 853 AD--is false, it is an interesting story that has been used to support and attack the Catholic church.
Jul 29, 2008
- John Edward Fahey
|
|
Salt Lake City before the Railroad
Travelers to Utah left Salt Lake City impressed by the organization and audacity of the Mormon settlement in the middle of the desert.
Jul 22, 2008
- John Edward Fahey
|
|
The Pope and the Norman Invasion
Despite William the Conqueror's determination to invade England, he would not have had a sizable army or psycological advantage at Hastings without the help of the Pope.
Jul 22, 2008
- John Edward Fahey
|
|
Thomas More and Heresy
Despite being remembered as the Saintly victim of King Henry VIII, Thomas More was a devoted enemy of Protestants, Lutherans and anti-Catholics everywhere.
Jul 22, 2008
- John Edward Fahey
|
