Lester V Horwitz

After graduating from the Chicago Art Academy, Horwitz joined an advertising agency as its art director in Cincinnati. Three years later, he opened his own agency and was its CEO for over 40 years. His writing skills were honed during those 4 decades. In 1980, he and his wife, Florence, bought a home, circa 1840, that was raided by Confederate General John Hunt Morgan. Writing his first book about that event, he became a best-selling author and has become the national authority about Morgan's...See more

After graduating from the Chicago Art Academy, Horwitz joined an advertising agency as its art director in Cincinnati. Three years later, he opened his own agency and was its CEO for over 40 years. His writing skills were honed during those 4 decades. In 1980, he and his wife, Florence, bought a home, circa 1840, that was raided by Confederate General John Hunt Morgan. Writing his first book about that event, he became a best-selling author and has become the national authority about Morgan's Raid into the North. With composer, Dennis Duvall, Horwitz wrote the musical play, The Rebels Are Coming! which was performed by the Glendale Community Theatre. See less