Logos
David McCullough uses countless quotations from newspapers and journals to help in conveying his thesis to the reader. When McCullough is describing an event in US History for example, The Continental Army was recruiting soldiers McCullough used the "New Haven Journal" and the "Evening Post" to support his thesis in educating the reader(s) on the war for independence. McCullough also uses personal accounts of what happened to ensure that the exact information is given to the reader, and so that the reader can receive a first hand account on the issue/event. Throughout the book McCullough qutoed "General George Washington" and "General Howe" and "Nathaniel Greene," which gave readers the accurate and logical information coming straight from the people who were actually there witnessing the event. Whenever David McCullough is discussing the troops and/or troop movements, he always gives an exact number instead of saying thousands or hundreds, McCullough says "Twenty-one Hessians had been killed, 90 wounded. McCullough provided the reader with exact numbers so the reader can clearly take into account what had occured. Also when discussing the troop movements he states both the American numbers and the British numbers, "4,ooo American troops marched against the 7,500 opposing British troops" to allow the reader to use logic to think about how the battle would turn out. By appealing to the reader's sense of logic David McCullough gives the reader logical support for the events that are transpiring in order to support his thesis and to keep the reader engaged.