February 26, 2018, 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM @ Loma Colorado Main Library
Go back in time and listen to Lew Wallace as interpreted by Dr. Noel Pugach. Wallace is remembered as the author of Ben Hur: A Tale of the Christ, but Lew Wallace (1827-1905) was also an Indiana lawyer and politician, Civil War general, and United States minister to the Ottoman Empire. As Territorial governor of New Mexico, he grappled with the Santa Fe Ring, the Lincoln County War, and Billy the Kid. Discover the man behind the myth in this exciting talk.