James Truslow Adams | |
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| Born | October 18, 1878 Brooklyn, New York, US |
| Died | May 18, 1949 (aged 70) Southport, Connecticut, US |
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| Period | 1921–1933 |
| Subject | History, biographies |
| Notable works | The March of Democracy |
| Notable awards | Pulitzer 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.
- ^ Brennan, Elizabeth A.; Clarage, Elizabeth C. (1999). Who's Who of Pulitzer Prize Winners. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 9781573561112.
- ^ Wilson, Clyde N. (1983). Dictionary of Literary Biography. Vol. 17: Twentieth-Century American Historians. Gale. pp. 3–8.