The greatest discovery of my generation is that man can alter his life simply by altering his attitude of mind.

He was not related to the famous Adams family (though he wrote a book about the family in 1930). Honors
Adams lived in Southport Connecticut and died May 18 1949. In 1917 he served with Colonel House on President Wilson's commission "The Inquiry" to prepare data for the Paris Peace Conference.

James Truslow Adams (October 18 1878 – May 18 1949) was an American writer and historian. He was not an academic but a freelance author who helped to popularize the latest scholarship about American history and his three volume history of New England is well regarded by scholars. He was not related to the famous Adams family (though he wrote a book about the family in 1930).