James Truslow Adams (October 18, 1878 – May 18, 1949) was an American writer and historian. Events 1009 - The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, a Christian church in Jerusalem, is completely destroyed by the Fatimid Year 1878 ( MDCCCLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1152 - Henry II of England marries Eleanor of Aquitaine. Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A writer is anyone who creates a written work although the word usually designates those who write creatively or professionally as well as those who have written in many different forms See also History An historian is an individual who studies and writes about History, and is regarded as an Authority on it
Born in Brooklyn, New York, Adams took his bachelor's degree from the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn in 1898, and a masters from Yale University in 1900. Brooklyn (named after the Dutch town Breukelen) is one of the five boroughs of New York City. Thereafter, he entered investment banking, being in the employ of a New York Stock Exchange member firm until 1912. The New York Stock Exchange ( NYSE) is a Stock exchange based in New York City.
In 1917, he served with Colonel House on President Wilson's commission to prepare data for the Paris Peace Conference. Edward Mandell House (July 26 1858 &ndash March 28 1938 was an American diplomat politician and presidential advisor Thomas Woodrow Wilson (December 28 1856—February 3 1924 was the twenty-eighth President of the United States. By 1918, he was a Captain in the Military Intelligence division of the General Staff, US Army. A military staff is a group of officers and enlisted personnel that provides a bi-directional flow of information between a commander and subordinate units By late 1918, he was selected for the US delegation to the Paris Peace Conference.
It is not clear how Adams supported himself after the war except by writing.
During his life he was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters serving as both chancellor and treasurer of that organization. The American Academy of Arts and Letters is a 250-member organization whose goal is to "foster assist and sustain excellence" in American Literature, He was also a member of the National Institute of Arts and Letters, the Massachusetts Historical Society, American Antiquarian Society, American Historical Association, and the American Philosophical Society. The American Academy of Arts and Letters is a 250-member organization whose goal is to "foster assist and sustain excellence" in American Literature, The Massachusetts Historical Society is a major historical archive specializing in early American, Massachusetts, and New England history The American Antiquarian Society (AAS located in Worcester Massachusetts, is both a Learned society and national research library of pre-twentieth century The American Historical Association ( AHA) is the oldest and largest society of Historians and Teachers of History in the United States The American Philosophical Society is a discussion group founded in 1743 by Benjamin Franklin as an offshoot of his earlier club the Junto. Among British societies he was honored as a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.
It is believed that Adams coined the term "American Dream" in his 1931 book The Epics of America. The American Dream is Belief in the Freedom that allows all citizens and residents of the United States to achieve their goals But Truslow's coinage of the phrase had an entirely different (and much broader) meaning than what it has come to mean today.
The American Dream is "that dream of a land in which life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone, with opportunity for each according to ability or achievement. It is a difficult dream for the European upper classes to interpret adequately, and too many of us ourselves have grown weary and mistrustful of it. It is not a dream of motor cars and high wages merely, but a dream of social order in which each man and each woman shall be able to attain to the fullest stature of which they are innately capable, and be recognized by others for what they are, regardless of the fortuitous circumstances of birth or position. "
Adams lived in Southport, Connecticut, and died May 18, 1949. The Southport area of Fairfield Connecticut (settled in 1639 has been designated as a historic district for its harbor churches public buildings and the homesteads of some of the first Events 1152 - Henry II of England marries Eleanor of Aquitaine. Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
Bibliography
- The Founding of New England (1921) Pulitzer Prize for History
- Full text available at Google Books
- Revolutionary New England (1923)
- New England in the Republic (1926)
- Provincial Society (1690-1763) (1927)
- Our Business Civization (1929)
- The Adams Family (1930)
- The Epics of America (1931). The Pulitzer Prize for History has been awarded since 1917 for a distinguished book upon the history of the United States Simon Publications 2001 paperback: ISBN 1-931541-33-7
- The March of Democracy (2 vols. The March of Democracy is a two-volume book by James Truslow Adams, published in 1932 and 1933 chronicling the history of the United States of America. 1932-1933)
- Justice Without (1933)
- Henry Adams (1933)
He wrote 21 monographs between 1916 and 1945. He was also editor in chief of the Dictionary of American History, The Atlas of American History, and other volumes.
Sources
- Who's Who on the Web, s. v. "Adams, James Truslow" (n. p. : Marquis Who's Who, 2005)
- Library of Congress Website
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