Author: Lew Wallace
Alternate names: Lewis Wallace; General Lewis Wallace; General Lew Wallace; Lew Wallace; Lew. Wallace; Lew Wallace.; Lew Lew Wallace; lew wallace; LEW WALLACE; Gen. Lew Wallace; Wallace, Lew, Illustrated by Cover Art; Lew 1827-1905 Wallace; Lew Wallace Lew Wallace; Lew WALLACE
Born: April 10, 1827
Died: February 15, 1905
Bio: Lewis "Lew" Wallace was an American lawyer, Union general in the American Civil War, governor of the New Mexico Territory, politician, diplomat, and author from Indiana. Among his novels and biographies, Wallace is best known for his historical adventure story, Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1880), a bestselling novel that has been called "the most influential Christian book of the nineteenth century." - wikipedia