Alas America! Lament for a shattered dream on the eve of political breakdown.

ADAMS, James Truslow, 1878-1949; EPIC of America, The (Book); CONSTITUTIONS; DEMOCRACY; POLITICAL doctrines

The article reports that the American Dream, a relatively recent crafted narrative created by historian James Truslow Adams in The Epic of America is adopted as the national ethos that was read back on the founding intentions of the Declaration of American Independence and the U.S. Constitution to herald universal equality, equal opportunity, the right ‘to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness' of a representative democracy.