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James Truslow Adams

American writer and historian (1878-1949) · United States · On the map · Writers · Died at 70

James Truslow Adams 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. He popularized the phrase "American Dream" in his 1931 book The Epic of America.

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Awards

Pulitzer Prize for History1922
Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature

About this person

Country
United States
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1878 to 1949 · aged 70