James Truslow Adams

The tree is a testament to an idea with roots in the Great Depression.

In 1931, a historian named James Truslow Adams wrote a book called Epic of America, in which he coined this term the American dream, and he said it defines a happier, richer, better life for all of our people.

New York Times editorial director David Leonhardt wrote, "Ours was the shining future, the story of the American dream."

It's the idea that parents can expect that their children will have better lives than they did, and that their grandchildren will have even better lives than their children do.

Mainly the reason I like him is because one of his earlier books, Isaac Storm, about the Galveston hurricane, I wrote a book on hurricanes, and I used that as a source, and I really got to appreciate he's a very good writer, and he really knows how to tell a story and keep the reader interested.

James Truslow Adams, he won a Pulitzer Prize in 1938.

He wrote a book called The Founding of New England, which was very important to me when I read it.

It was really fun to read.

The phrase wasn't actually coined by the founding fathers, as many assume.

It was coined by a writer named James Truslow Adams in 1931 in his book, The Epic of America.

Right.

During a very specific time.