James Truslow Adams

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essayist historian human non-fiction writer writer

James Truslow Adams was an American historian and writer best known for popularizing the concept of the "American Dream" in the early 20th century.

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	essayist → historian → human → non-fiction writer → writer →
activeInPeriod	early 20th century → interwar period →
awardReceived	Pulitzer Prize → Pulitzer Prize for History →
causeOfDeath	stroke →
coinedTerm	American Dream →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1878-10-18 →
dateOfDeath	1949-05-18 →
describedAmericanDreamAs	a better, richer, and happier life for all citizens of every rank →
educatedAt	New York University → Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn →
ethnicGroup	Anglo-American →
familyName	Adams →
fieldOfWork	American history → cultural history → intellectual history →
firstDescribedAmericanDreamIn	The Epic of America →
fullName	James Truslow Adams →
gender	male →
genre	biography → history → popular history →
givenName	James →
languageOfWorkOrName	English →
memberOf	American Academy of Arts and Letters →
nationality	American →
notableFor	popularizing the concept of the American Dream →
notableWork	The Adams Family → The Epic of America → The Founding of New England → The Living Jefferson → The March of Democracy →
occupation	historian → stockbroker → writer →
placeOfBirth	Brooklyn, New York, United States of America →
placeOfDeath	New York City, New York, United States of America →
religion	Protestantism →
residence	New York City →
wroteAbout	American Revolution → American political thought → colonial New England →

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
The Epic of America →	author
American Dream →	firstPopularizedBy
James Truslow Adams →	fullName