📖#OTD in the #History of #Literature 12 November 1880, #LewWallace's "Ben-Hur: A Tale of The Christ" was published by Harper and Brothers in the 🇺🇸. 

A sensational bestseller, Wallace had written the novel while also striving to handle #BillyTheKid as Governor of New Mexico.
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