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Historian James Truslow Adams often receives credit for first popularizing the idea of the American dream.
William Hill Brown (1765-1793) was an American poet, dramatist and novelist who anonymously published The Power of Sympathy, considered to be the first American novel. The son of a prominent clockmaker, Brown received his education at a Boston boy's school. His literary spark and encouragement came from his step-aunt, Catherine Byles.