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ORIGINAL: Panther Bait

In my opinion, any history book should be treated as the author's opinion of what happened, and not fact. There is always interpretation made when someone writes about events they did not personally witness, or even for that matter, events that they did witness (from a single point of view). As the reader, you need to internally evaulate what you read and figure out how much faith you want to put in it.

Many history books are not started as a dry recitation of facts or at an attempt to provide all possible interpretations of the events. Instead, they start with the author's theory about how things "really" happened, and the author tries to show how the available facts support his case.