Lew Wallace

WritingBorn April 10, 1827 · Brookville, Indiana, USADied February 15, 1905

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Lewis "Lew" Wallace (April 10, 1827 – February 15, 1905) was an American lawyer, governor, Union general in the American Civil War, politician and author, best remembered for his historical novel Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ. Description above from the Wikipedia article Lew Wallace, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.