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James Truslow Adams

1878 - 1949

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James Truslow Adams (October 18, 1878 – May 18, 1949) 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2024). James Truslow Adams is the 6,643rd most popular writer (down from 6,355th in 2024), the 13,353rd most popular biography from United States (down from 11,591st in 2019) and the 946th most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, James Truslow Adams ranks 6,643 out of 7,302. Before him are Denis Johnson, Hajime Kanzaka, Wolf Haas, Horton Foote, Phyllis A. Whitney, and Maja Haderlap. After him are Sybille Bedford, Richelle Mead, Nat Hentoff, Stanley Middleton, Lionel Shriver, and Sibylle Lewitscharoff.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1878, James Truslow Adams ranks 246. Before him are Léon Binoche, Charles Hefferon, Henry Weed Fowler, John McLean, Flora Drummond, and Roy Atwell. After him are Taylor Holmes, Thomas MacDonagh, Edward Thomas, Grace Abbott, and Alfred E. Goodey. Among people deceased in 1949, James Truslow Adams ranks 182. Before him are Leon Schlesinger, Elmer Clifton, Herbert Stothart, Philip Herbert Cowell, William Nicholson, and Flora Drummond. After him are Frank Murphy, Vida Goldstein, Wheeler Oakman, Ben Fletcher, and Murder of Emily Armstrong.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, James Truslow Adams ranks 13,357 out of 20,380. Before him are Horton Foote (1916), Ronnie Vannucci Jr. (1976), Rod La Rocque (1898), James Hall (null), Adrian Dantley (1956), and Bob Boozer (1937). After him are William R. Moses (1959), Gene Fullmer (1931), Greg Howe (1963), Arlene Francis (1907), Patrika Darbo (1948), and Bernie Worrell (1944).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, James Truslow Adams ranks 946. Before him are Stanley Kunitz (1905), Justin Cronin (1962), Michael Pollan (1955), Rebecca Yarros (1981), Tana French (1973), and Horton Foote (1916). After him are Richelle Mead (1976), Nat Hentoff (1925), Lionel Shriver (1957), Geoffrey A. Landis (1955), Joe Medicine Crow (1913), and Wayne C. Booth (1921).

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