American Literature
birth. The idea of the American Dream is rooted in the United States Declaration of Independence which proclaims that "all men are created equal"
and that they are "endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable Rights" including "Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness." (Mark Twain's The
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn)
De Crevecoeur, Hector St. John (17351813): FrancoAmerican Writer. With the publication of his Letters from an American Farmer (1782), Hector
St. John de Crevecoeur became one of the eighteenthcentury's most influential commentators on American life and manners. While not born in
America, Crevecoeur traded his French citizenship for an American one in 1765, taking up residence in New York. He had traveled throughout New
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