"...provides another advantage for parents eager to encourage reading instead of television
or computer games."Indianapolis Star

Lew Wallace gained world-wide fame as the author of the best-selling novel, Ben Hur. But did you
know that as a boy, he played hooky from school? Governor, foreign minister, Civil War general, inventor,
artist, and author, Lew Wallace spent his boyhood in the fields and rivers of his native Midwest. Join Lew
as he rescues his baby brother from beneath the wheels of a carriage and entertains friends with portraits
from his "magic pencil." Lew Wallace: Boy Writer features the story of the childhood of the young
author from the age of five until the age of nineteen, and ends with a brief summary of his adult achievements.


Patrick Lawlor, an AudioFile Earphones Award winner and Audie Award finalist, is also an accomplished stage actor, director, and combat choreographer who has worked in America and Europe. He has been an actor and stuntman in both TV and film. He lives in Milwaukee.