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  "name": "Wallace Gusler",
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  "description": "Wallace Gusler is a native Virginian who grew up in Fort Lewis  Hollow at the foot of Fort Lewis Mountain in Roanoke, County.  Living practically in the shadow of Andrew Lewis’s French and  Indian War fort could have been what sparked Wallace’s interest  in the frontier and longrifles but it wasn’t. Despite their  name, Fort Lewis School largely ignored this local history.  Instead it was the “arrowheads” that he found in plowed fields  that inspired Wallace’s fascination first with Indians, then  with the Virginia frontier.  In about 1954 Wallace’ father, Lester Gusler, decided to replace  a family longrifle burned in a house fire years earlier. He  purchased a full-stocked, iron-mounted, .32 caliber, squirrel  rifle and, when he had trouble getting the old percussion rifle  to fire, Wallace asked if he could try it. Mr. Gusler handed it  over and, as they say, “the rest is history.” While many events  come together to shape the direction of a person’s life, having  that rifle to shoot and hunt with had a huge influence on  Wallace and this writer, who was at the time his neighbor.",
  "lastVerified": "14 May 2026",
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      "mediaType": "movie",
      "tmdbId": 67410,
      "title": "Gunsmith of Williamsburg",
      "year": "1969",
      "role": "as Wallace Gusler",
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