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Historian James Truslow Adams often receives credit for first popularizing the idea of the American dream.
(1783-1859). One of the first American writers, Washington Irving wrote popular short stories including The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Rip Van Winkle. Many of his stories were retellings of European folktales.