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For many, the first book was a reading primer called Fun with Dick and Jane. The school curriculum included this series starting in the 1940's.

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There is an on-going debate whether Washington Irving's story "The Headless Horseman" or "Rip Van Winkle" was the first American story.

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The Epic of Gilgamesh is often credited as the first written work of *fiction* and it was written around 2150-2000 BC

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