WALLACE, LEW

(Lewis Wallace), 1827–1905, American novelist and diplomat, b. Brookville, Ind. He served in both the Mexican and Civil wars. After returning to his law practice in Indiana, he became governor of the Territory of New Mexico (1878–81) and minister to Turkey (1881–85). His famous book, Ben-Hur (1880), has been one of the best-selling novels in American publishing history and was made into several motion pictures. Among his other novels are The Fair God (1873), a story of the conquest of Mexico, and The Prince of India (1893).

See his autobiography (1906).

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books on: Wallace Lew  - 1479 results

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Life and Letters of General W.H.L. Wallace
Book by Isabel Wallace, William Hervy Lamme Wallace; Southern Illinois University Press, 2000
Subjects: Generals--United States--Biography, Shiloh, Battle Of, 1862, United States--Army--Biography, United States--Army--Illinois Infantry Regiment, 11th (1861-1865), United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns, Wallace, William Hervy Lamme--1821-1862
...He corresponded with General Lew Wallace, stationed a few miles downriver...day, when Grant, reinforced by Lew Wallaces tardy division and troops from...by her husband from his friend Lew Wallace that partially exonerated him of...
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The Rise and Fall of the People's Century: Henry A. Wallace and American Liberalism, 1941-1948
Book by Norman D. Markowitz; Free Press, 1973
Subjects: United States--Politics And Government--1933-1945, United States--Politics And Government--1945-1953, Wallace, Henry Agard--1888-1965
...Fall of the Peoples Century: Henry A. Wallace and American Liberalism, 1941-1948...serious scholars. In writing about Henry Wallace, whose cause, the New Deal, supposedly...it was the personal eccentricities of Wallace that largely explained his opposition...
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Henry A. Wallace and American Foreign Policy
Book by J. Samuel Walker; Greenwood Press, 1976
Subjects: United States--Foreign Relations--1933-1945, United States--Foreign Relations--1945-1953, Wallace, Henry Agard--1888-1965
HENRY A. WALLACE AND AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY Recent Titles...Editor J. Samuel Walker HENRY A. WALLACE AND AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY CONTRIBUTIONS...Publication Data Walker, J. Samuel.Henry A. Wallace and American foreign policy. Contributions...
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Henry A. Wallace, Quixotic Crusade 1948
Book by Karl M. Schmidt; Syracuse University Press, 1960
Subjects: Presidents--United States--Election--1948, Progressive Party (U.S. : 1948), Wallace, Henry Agard--1888-1965
HENRY A. WALLACE: Quixotic Crusade 1948 Men and Movements Series HENRY A. WALLACE: Quixotic Crusade 1948 Karl M. Schmidt...One of these movements took shape as Henry A. Wallace's Progressive Party. The present study attempts...
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Henry A. Wallace: Quixotic Crusade 1948
Book by Karl M. Schmidt; Syracuse University Press, 1960
Subjects: Presidents--United States--Election--1948, Progressive Party (U.S. : 1948), Wallace, Henry Agard--1888-1965
HENRY A. WALLACE: Quixotic Crusade 1948 Men and Movements Series HENRY A. WALLACE: Quixotic Crusade 1948 Karl M. Schmidt...One of these movements took shape as Henry A. Wallaces Progressive Party. The present study attempts...
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journal articles on: Wallace Lew  - 54 results

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"To the Heart of Solid Puritans": Historicizing the Popularity of 'Ben-Hur. '
Journal article by Paul Gutjahr; Mosaic (Winnipeg), Vol. 26, 1993
Subjects: Ben-Hur (Book)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Protestants--Attitudes, Wallace, Lew--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...late 19th century--Ben-Hur, by Lew Wallace. First published in 1880, by 1893...readership. At first glance, Lew Wallace might have seemed an unlikely candidate...tended to perpetuate the myth that Lew Wallace wrote Ben-Hur as a result of a...
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Government Discourses on Entrepreneurship: Issues of Legitimization, Subjugation, and Power
Journal article by Lew Perren, Peter L. Jennings; Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice, Vol. 29, 2005
Subjects: Entrepreneurship--Case studies, Government information technology services--Services
...and Power. by Lew Perren , Peter L. Jennings...latent pattern maintenance (Wallace Wolf, 1999). Entrepreneurs...Oxford University Press. Wallace, R.A. Wolf, A. (1999...orgldataldatabytopic/GDP. Lew Perren is a reader at...send correspondence to: Lew Perren at L.Perren@brighton...
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Home Health Care Utilization: A Review of the Research for Social Work
Journal article by Goldie Kadushin; Health and Social Work, Vol. 29, 2004
Subjects: Disabled persons--Care and treatment, Home care services industry--Analysis, Home care services industry--Research, Home care services--Analysis, Home care services--Research
...non-Latino white clients (Wallace amp; Lew-Ting, 1992; Wallace...1992 Wallace amp; amp...Lew-Ting...1994 Wallace, amp;#91...Lew-Ting...
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Uncertain Justice: Liability of Multinationals under the Alien Tort Claims Act
Journal article by Courtney Shaw; Stanford Law Review, Vol. 54, 2002
Subjects: Alien Tort Statute, Doe v. Unocal Corp.--110 F. Supp. 2d. 1294 (C.D. Cal. 2000), Human rights--Cases, International business enterprises--Cases, Torts (International law)--Cases
...Referring to the 1997 decision of Unocal II. (21.) Gregory Wallace, Fallout From Slave-Labor Case is Troubling, N.J.L.J., Dec...Unocal V, 110 F. Supp. 2d at 1306. (156.) Id. at 1306-07. Judge Lew had stated that proving a conspiracy would satisfy the joint...
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Theorizing Difference in Asian American Poetry Anthologies
Journal article by Adrienne Mccormick; MELUS, Vol. 29, 2004
Subjects: Poetry--Criticism and interpretation
...plays on both Cranes boat and Wallace Stevens version of the American...North American Poetry (1995). Lew uses the term "premonitions...Evanston: Northwestern UP, 1996. Lew, Walter K., ed. Premonitions...York: Norton, 1992. Stevens, Wallace. Collected Poems. New York...
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magazine articles on: Wallace Lew  - 5 results

 
 
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Special Section: Frum Forum
Magazine article; National Review, Vol. 55, May 19, 2003
...lives with the anarcho-ideologue Lew Rockwell. Buchanan is preoccupied...Against Richard Nixon, George Wallace was the third-party candidate...concerns. But they pandered. Wallace hooked up with racists who treated...parents were voting for Henry Wallace. I have always believed that...
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New Life Members
Magazine article; Sierra, Vol. 85, July 2000
...Ronald J. Wallace...John Fowler and Debbie Lew...Mr. and Mrs John F. Wallace...
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Season Preview 2006-07: The Season's Top 10
Magazine article; American Theatre, Vol. 23, October 2006
Subjects: Theater--Directories
...Wilderness!, ONeill. Mar 16-Apr 15. Things of Dry Hours, Naomi Wallace. Apr 28-Jun 3. Everyman Theatre, Baltimore, (410) 752-2208...Augusta, Richard Dresser. Thru Oct 15. Aunt Dan and Lemon, Wallace Shawn. Oct 26-Nov 19. The Reduced Shakespeare Company in Completely...
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Model Schools
Magazine article by Martin Wooster, Eli Lehrer, Naomi Schaefer, Evan Gahr, Scott Walter, Andy Thomas, Bob Sale; The American Enterprise, Vol. 12, January 2001
Subjects: Education--Planning, Private schools--Services, Public schools--Services, School facilities--Evaluation
...blackboard jungle, where students routinely set fires, slashed teachers cars, and otherwise abused their instructors, recalls Howard Lew, now an assistant principal. The city dosed the school in 1991. Loraine Monroe was allowed to re-open the school for seventh...
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The Death of Supply Column 21: A Lesson from the Vietnam War on the Press, the Military, and Authority
Magazine article by David Halberstam; Columbia Journalism Review, Vol. 45, November 2006
Subjects: Arnett, Peter--History, Arnett, Peter--Works, Vietnam War, 1959-1975--Media coverage, War correspondents--History, War correspondents--Works
...first major use of the Marines in Vietnam. Lieutenant General Lew Walt, the Marine commander in Vietnam, went on a very public...those pushing the idea that the story was wrong was General Wallace Greene, the Marine commandant. Gallagher invited General Greene...


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Scots-Irish Heroes of the Wild West; Indian Fighters Enjoy a Celebrated Place in the Folklore of the American Frontier. BILLY KENNEDY Looks Back on the Daring Exploits of Three Such Heroes - "KIT" CARSON, ROBERT CAMPBELL and "BIG FOOT" WALLACE
Newspaper article; The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland), January 22, 2001
...of "Big Foot" were David Wallace, a governor of Washington territory, and General Lew Wallace, a governor of New Mexico and a leading American author. Lew Wallace fought in the Civil War and he served on the court martial for President Abraham Lincolns...
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OSCARNATION ST.; Mirror JOINS THE STARS FOR BAFTA'S AWARDS NIGHT
Newspaper article by Richard Wallace, Thomas Quinn; The Mirror (London, England), April 30, 1997
...JOINS THE STARS FOR BAFTAS AWARDS NIGHT. by Richard Wallace , Thomas Quinn Coronation Street was crowned king of...Bill Roache, Beverley Callard and Tracy Shaw were handed the Lew Grade Award at Britains answer to the Oscars for the 36-year-old...
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SOAP AND GLORY; BAFTA AWARDS: Joy for Corrie and EastEnders as Luvvies Finally Get Tuned In
Newspaper article by Richard Wallace; Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland), April 30, 1997
Subjects: Best
...Finally Get Tuned In. by Richard Wallace Coronation Street and EastEnders...Michael Parkinson, presenting the prestigious Lew Grade Award to Corrie, said: "It has become...epic romance. AND THE WINNERS WERE... Lew Grade Award Coronation Street Best foreign...
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Writers' Military Experience Colors Later Work; Numbers Few, but Influence Is Strong
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, March 16, 2002
Subjects: Twain, Mark
...Bierce, John William De Forest, Sidney Lanier and Lew Wallace are among the few who come to mind. Considering...he sends supplies To those he loved so well. Lew Wallace Lew Wallace also had an appreciation of the classics. He rose...
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Briefly
Newspaper article; The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR), February 26, 2007
Subjects: Physical fitness
...Jerry Rundt/Tony VanGestel, 139. 4, Chuck Wallace/Lew Samek/draw, 140. GROSS - Britton 76, Brown 78, Wallace 83. NET - Robison 63, Rundt 68, McBee 69...Golf Club LOW NET - Bob Kendall 71, Chuck Wallace 75, Gene Kimmel 77, Chris Christensen 77...
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encyclopedia articles on: Wallace Lew  - 4 results

 
 
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Wallace, Lew
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
WALLACE, LEW (Lewis Wallace), 1827 1905, American novelist and diplomat, b. Brookville, Ind. He served in both the Mexican and Civil wars. After returning to his law practice in Indiana, he became governor of the Territory of New Mexico (1878...
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Crawfordsville
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...steel are major industries. Plastic and nails, wire, and other metal products are also made. Wabash College and the Lew Wallace Study are in the city. ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of...
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Monocacy
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...just E of Frederick, the Civil War battle of Monocacy was fought on July 9, 1864. Although the Union forces under Gen. Lew Wallace were defeated, they delayed the Confederate forces under Gen. J. A. Early long enough to give Grant time to dispatch...
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Early, Jubal Anderson
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Hunter westward and then marched down the Shenandoah valley, crossed the Potomac, and moved on Washington. He defeated Lew Wallace in the battle of Monocacy (July 9, 1864) and was before the capital on July 11. The arrival of troops from Grants...


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