History is nothing but stories, some are written down and some are passed down via word of mouth. In A First Book in American History Edward Eggleston gives a generalized description of who and what Christopher Columbus did. Edward Eggleston talks about the childhood of Mr. Columbus. He speaks passionately about his past, which is demonstrated through his writing style. He writes in a narrative fashion considering his audience is children. Throughout the text he talks about the truth of how he lived prior to his “fame.” Edward Eggleston intentions towards the excerpt were to inform his audience on the life of Christopher Columbus, however he fails to mention his secondary accounts concerning his …show more content…
In Wayland’s How to teach American Government he makes the point in the preface of how history is to be shared and utilized for learning purposes; weather these authors realized it or not. With there being different audiences, the writing styles vary from: The excerpts from Christopher Columbus being in first person to third person in David Muzzy’s an American History; or modernized text such as A People’s History of the United States which has some biased