Ben Hur: A Tale of The Christ

Although best remembered as the author of ＂Ben-Hur, ＂ Lewis ＂Lew＂ Wallace (1827 1905) was a lawyer, soldier, politician, and diplomat. He served as a general in the U.S. Army during the Civil War as well as a major general in the Mexican army, governor of the New Mexico Territory, and U.S. minister to the Ottoman Empire.＂