Rensselaer Journal, Volume 10, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 April 1901 — To Write an American Novel. [ARTICLE]

To Write an American Novel.

Close personal friends of General Lew Wallace are authority for the statement that he designs writing an American novel, and that he will begin the work just as soon as he completes his “memoirs,” upon which he is now. engaged. Whether the work is to be historical or exactly what line he will pursue is not known, but it is said that he has the plan of his new work drafted and expects to enter upon it in a short time. As General Wallace has not written of American life, but has confined his labors to other fields, there is considerable interest in his proposed undertaking. The fact that he was a general in the army and had some experiences of which he often speaks with much enthusiasm has led to a belief that his new work will in some way be connected with the civil war.