Lew Wallace (1827-1905) was by turns a lieutenant in the Mexican-American War, a member of the Indiana state legislature, a major-general in the Civil War, governor of the New Mexico territory, best-selling novelist, and ambassador to Turkey. His wife Susan was a successful author in her own right. Works (9) 1. General Lew Wallace Study - Museum housed in Wallace's study in Crawfordsville, Indiana: Hours, contact information, biography, image gallery, bibliography for Lew and Susan Elston Wallace, information on Ben-Hur. 2. Franklin County Historical Society: Lew Wallace - Biography, letters from Billy the Kid, photo of the military commission that investigated President Lincoln's assassination. 3. Guide to the Lew Wallace Collection, 1882-1926 - Information on special collection of documents at Palace of the Governors, Santa Fe. Includes biography. 4. Indiana in the Civil War: Lewis Wallace, 1827-1905 - Illustrated biography concentrates on this Hoosier's service in the Mexican-American War and the Civil War. 5. Lew Wallace: Soldier, Statesman & Scholar - Illustrated biography, bibliographies with photos of several editions, Wallace's poetry, links. Companies using "Ben-Hur" in their name or that of their products, unusual Ben-Hur items. From a rare books librarian. 6. Lewis "Lew" Wallace - Short biography of the Union general. 7. Major General Lewis Wallace - Biographical timeline, courtesy of Monocacy National Battlefield. With portrait. 8. Major-General Lew Wallace - Brief illustrated biography. Wallace presided at the trial of Capt. Henry Wirz, the commandant of Andersonville Prison. 9. National Statuary Hall Collection: Lewis Wallace - Lew Wallace represents Indiana in Statuary Hall. Photo of the sculpture of Wallace in Civil War uniform. Short biography. 10. Shotgun's Home of the American Civil War: Lewis Wallace (1827-1905) - Illustrated biography focuses on Wallace's activities during the Civil War. 11. Spartacus Educational: Lewis Wallace - Short biography focuses on Wallace's Civil War career and on the military commission formed to judge the conspirators in the Lincoln assassination. 12. The Cambridge History of English and American Literature: Lew Wallace - Review of Ben-Hur. 13. The Curse of Lew Wallace - A reflection on Wallace's frustrating stint as governor of New Mexico, parallels with present political climate. 14. Wallace MSS. - Brief biography of Lewis Wallace, description of manuscript collection at Indiana University. 15. Wallace, Lew - Brief biography in the Columbia Encyclopedia.

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