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Susan E. (Susan Elston) Wallace
1830–1907
A lively 19th-century travel writer and poet, she turned journeys through the American Southwest, Europe, and the Middle East into vivid essays and books. She also played an important role in preserving the literary legacy of her husband, Lew Wallace.
2 Audiobooks
Ginevra : or, The old oak chest, a Christmas story
by Susan E. (Susan Elston) Wallace
The land of the Pueblos
by Susan E. (Susan Elston) Wallace
About the author
Born in Crawfordsville, Indiana, on December 25, 1830, Susan Arnold Elston Wallace was an American author and poet whose writing grew out of both a strong education and an unusually wide range of travel for her time. She studied in Indiana and New York, married Lew Wallace in 1852, and remained closely connected to the public and literary worlds that surrounded his career.
Wallace wrote travel articles for newspapers and magazines and published several books, many drawn from her experiences in the New Mexico Territory, Europe, and the Middle East in the 1880s. Her work is especially remembered for its descriptive, observant style and for bringing distant places to readers in an engaging, personal way.
After Lew Wallace's death, she helped complete his autobiography, adding to her own body of literary work. She died in Crawfordsville on October 1, 1907, and is remembered today not only as the wife of a famous author, but as a notable writer in her own right.