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James Truslow Adams
Born(1878-10-18)October 18, 1878
Brooklyn, New York
DiedMay 18, 1949(1949-05-18) (aged 70)
Southport, Connecticut
NationalityAmerican
EducationBachelor's degree; MA
Alma mater
  • New York University (then Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn; bachelor's)
  • Yale University (MA)
Period1921–1933
SubjectHistory, biographies
Notable worksThe March of Democracy
Notable awardsPulitzer Prize for History
1921 The Founding of New England

James Truslow Adams (October 18, 1878 – May 18, 1949)[1] was an American writer and historian. He was a freelance author who helped to popularize the latest scholarship about American history and his three-volume history of New England is well regarded by scholars.[2] He popularized the phrase "American Dream" in his 1931 book The Epic of America.

  1. ^ Brennan, Elizabeth A.; Clarage, Elizabeth C. (1999). Who's Who of Pulitzer Prize Winners. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 9781573561112.
  2. ^ Wilson, Clyde N. (1983). Dictionary of Literary Biography. Vol. 17: Twentieth-Century American Historians. Gale. pp. 3–8.

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