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Adams gained national attention with his trilogy on the history of New England (1921–26), winning the Pulitzer Prize for the first volume. Scholars welcomed his social history of the colonial era, ''Provincial Society, 1690–1763'' (1927). He wrote popular books and magazine articles in a steady stream. His ''Epic of America'' was an international bestseller, and was included in Life Magazine's list of the 100 outstanding books of 1924–1944.<ref>Canby, Henry Seidel. '"The 100 Outstanding Books of 1924–1944". ''Life'', 14 August 1944. Chosen in collaboration with the magazine's editors.</ref> He was also the editor of a scholarly multi-volume ''Dictionary of American History'.'.<ref>James Truslow Adams, ed., and Roy V. Coleman, managing ed., ''Dictionary of American History,'' 5 vols. (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1940); 2nd, revised edition in 6 vols. (1942).</ref> Adams was the editor, with Roy V. Coleman as managing editor, of ''The Atlas of American History'' (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1943), and ''The Album of American History,'' 4 vols. (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1944).<ref>Clyde N. Wilson, ''Twentieth-Century American Historians'' (Gale: 1983, Dictionary of Literary Biography, volume 17) pp. 3–8</ref>