Fred Mustard Stewart (September 17, 1932,

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– February 7, 2007,

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) was an American

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. His most popular books were ''The Mephisto Waltz'' (1969), adapted for the 1971 film of the same name starring

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; ''Six Weeks'' (1976), made into a 1982 film starring

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; ''

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'', a ''

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'' best-seller in 1981; and ''

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'' (1983), which became a CBS

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in 1984. Stewart attended the

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in New Jersey, class of 1950. He graduated from

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in 1954, where he was a member of the Colonial Club.Memorials, Princeton Alumni Weekly, June 6, 2007. http://www.princeton.edu/paw/archive_new/PAW06-07/14-0606/memorials.html He originally planned to be a concert pianist, and studied with

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at the

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Bibliography

*''Savage Family Saga'' #''The Magnificent Savages'' (1996): covers 1850s–1860s #''The Young Savages'' (1998): covers 1880s–1890s #''The Naked Savages'' (1999): covers 1897–1929 #''The Savages in Love and War'' (2001): covers 1930–1941 *''The Mephisto Waltz'' (1969) *''The Methuselah Enzyme'' (1970) *''Lady Darlington'' (1971) *''The Mannings'' (1973) *''Star Child'' (1974) *''Six Weeks'' (1976) *'' A Rage Against Heaven'' (0-670-58910-1, 1978): spans the

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, from 1860 to 1871 *''

'' (1981) *''

'' (1983) *''The Glitter and the Gold'' (1985) *''The Titan'' (1985) *''Pomp and Circumstance'' (1991)

References

External links

New York Times obituary, Feb. 12, 2007
* 1932 births 2007 deaths 20th-century American novelists American male novelists Princeton University alumni Writers from Anderson, Indiana Lawrenceville School alumni Juilliard School alumni 20th-century American male writers Novelists from Indiana {{US-novelist-1930s-stub