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In this process two influences have been of prime importance, that of the frontier and that of sectionalism. Adams grew increasingly conscious of how different an. Adams writes in a flowing story like style which draws in the reader, almost making one forgetful of reading a history. Editions of the epic of america by james truslow adams. America alone of the great modern states started from nothing a little over three centuries ago, and had to people and subdue an entire continental expanse. It was in this book that adams coined the term the american dream which he defined as, that dream of a land in which life. Adams family, the adams family, was a financial success.
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