The Galloping Beaver (Free subscription) | 11/29/2009
HUMANITIES is a magazine published by the National Endowment for the Humanities , an independent grant-making agency of the United States government dedicated to supporting research, education, preservation, and public programs in the humanities. Their web site is a fine, diverse creation, and has an article by Amy Lifson , titled "Ben-Hur: The Book That Shook the World" . It's a fascinating...
monochrom (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
"Hate keeps a man alive." Those famous words do not actually appear in the original 1880 novel Ben-Hur by General Lew Wallace. Karl Tunberg, or more likely Christopher Fry or Gore Vidal (there was a dispute over the screenplay credit), gave that line to Roman patrician Quintus Arrius as he confronted the magnificent, nearly-naked galley slave Judah Ben-Hur, played by Charlton Heston, in the...
threedonia.com (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Here’s an interesting piece from the Nat’l Endowment for the Humanities’ magazine Humanities on General Lew Wallace and his greatest known work Ben Hur: A Tale of the Christ. Here’s a taste, read the whole thing here: Since its first publication, Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ has never been out of print. It outsold [...]
Bear Alley (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Something a little more literary for a change. Ben-Hur is based on the novel by Lew Wallace, first published in 1880. I'm going to point you to Wikipedia for more information on the background of the book and its author to save myself some effort (I'm writing this on Sunday evening and I've a bunch of shows recorded off the TV crying out to be watched). Even if you've not read the book, most
DennisMansfield.com (Free subscription) | 10/25/2009
Civil War General Lew Wallace, writing in the first edition of "Ben Hur" (1873), wrote of dreams. He penned: "Men speak of dreaming as if it were a phenomenon of night and sleep. They should know better. All results achieved...
Boilers Insider (Free subscription) | 09/24/2009
Park Tudor point guard Kevin "Yogi" Ferrell last weekend. Rock Island, Ill. guard Chasson Randle for the Notre Dame game. As Matt Painter and his staff pound the pavement for 2011 and 2012 recruiting class members, home football game weekend unofficial visits are an excellent way for the players to familiarize themselves with Purdue. At the same time, it helps the coaches get a feel for how...
Soccer Dad (Free subscription) | 09/03/2009
On Monday we went to the Monocacy National Battlefield. Toward the end of the Civil War the Confederate forces decided to try to capture Washington DC. Confederate troops led by Gen. Jubal Early traveled from Virginia and through western Maryland approaching the Monocacy junction - just south of Frederick - where they engaged irregular troops commanded by Union Gen. Lew Wallace. Though the Union troops...
The Westerner (Free subscription) | 08/20/2009
The originals of two Billy the Kid's letters to Gov. Lew Wallace have been located and now are on display at the state History Library in Santa Fe. The Kid wrote the first letter, probably in 1879, proposing to trade testimony for freedom and the second asking the governor to uphold his end of the bargain, as Billy lay manacled in a Santa Fe jail cell three blocks from the Palace of the Governors....
Bill Crider's Pop Culture Magazine (Free subscription) | 08/05/2009
Courier-Journal - New Mexico library has Billy the Kid letters : "SANTA FE, N.M. — The handwritten letter to the governor is polite, articulate and to the point. 'Dear Sir,' begins the missive. 'I wish you would come down to the jail and see me.' The sender of the letter to territorial governor Lew Wallace was none other than Billy the Kid, the legendary gunslinger who was being held in...
LisNews (Free subscription) | 08/05/2009
The handwritten letter to former New Mexico Gov. Lew Wallace is polite, articulate and to the point. "Dear Sir," begins the missive. "I wish you would come down to the jail and see me." The letter is from Billy the Kid, dated 1881, and it and others like it are now housed at the Fray Angelico Chavez History Library in Santa Fe, NM. Here's the story .
Hoosiers Insider (Free subscription) | 08/04/2009
The news today that Austin Etherington , the 6-6 shooting guard from Hamilton Heights High School, has given his verbal commitment to play basketball at Indiana is a good get for the Hoosiers. As far as I know, rivals.com has yet to release its national rankings for the class of 2011. The last ranking I saw for 2011 from Scout.com had Etherington No. 57 in the nation. So you should probably figure...
Times of the Internet (Free subscription) | 08/03/2009
SANTA FE, N.M., Aug. 3 (UPI) -- Two letters written by Billy the Kid portray the famed U.S. outlaw as an eloquent writer and courageous deal-maker, experts say. Psychiatrist Gale Cooper, who wrote a historical novel about Billy the Kid, said two letters to New Mexico Territorial Gov. Lew Wallace acquired by the Museum of New Mexico show a different side to the notorious criminal whose real name was...
AppShopper.com: Price Changes (Free subscription) | 07/17/2009
Historical Novels Collection: The Roman Empire 1.0 Category: Books Price: $1.99 -> $0.99 ( iTunes ) Description: This eBook is a collection of eight historical novels concerning the Roman Empire. Some of these stories, like “Ben Hur” are still popular today; others like “Quo Vadis'” by Henryk Sienkiewicz were hugely popular when first published but have unjustly fallen out...
Divers and Sundry (Free subscription) | 04/04/2009
Ben-Hur is the 3rd film adaptation of the book by Lew Wallace . This one is directed by William Wyler and stars Charlton Heston . I've seen this film several times and have the DVD. I didn't watch the videos linked below, so I don't know how watchable they are. Each of the videos has its own separate synopsis at its youtube page. Youtube has it online in 15 pieces. part 1: part 2 , part 3 , part 4...
Wilson's Blogmanac (Free subscription) | 03/17/2009
1879 American outlaw Billy the Kid (Henry McCarty, c . 1860 - '81; alias William Henry Bonney) had a meeting with General Lew Wallace (pictured), Governor of New Mexico (and also author of the classic book Ben-Hur ), in the governor's home. Billy, reputed to have killed 21 men, made an arrangement with the governor to turn state's evidence against other criminals in return for an amnesty for the crimes...
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