lew wallace

     

This military officer & author of "Ben-Hur" represents Indiana

Trivia about lew wallace

  • In "Ben Hur" he wrote, "A man is never so on trial as in the moment of excessive good fortune"
  • This "Ben-Hur" author was removed from command and reinstated twice
  • From 1881 to 1885 this "Ben-Hur" author served as the USA's minister to Turkey
  • He wrote "The Fair God", a novel about the Spanish conquest of Mexico, 7 years before "Ben-Hur"
  • As New Mexico gov. this future "Ben-Hur" author offered to pardon Billy the Kid but the prosecutor nixed the plan

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