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Fred Mustard Stewart (September 17, 1932 – February 7, 2007) was an American novelist. His most popular books were The Mephisto Waltz (1969), adapted for the 1971 film of the same name starring Alan Alda; Six Weeks (1976), made into a 1982 film starring Mary Tyler Moore; Century, a New York Times best-seller in 1981; and Ellis Island (1983), which became a CBS mini-series in 1984.

Stewart attended the Lawrenceville School in New Jersey, class of 1950. He graduated from Princeton University in 1954, where he was a member of the Colonial Club. He originally planned to be a concert pianist, and studied with Eduard Steuermann at the Juilliard School.

Bibliography

• Savage Family Saga

1. The Magnificent Savages (1996): covers 1850s–1860s
2. The Young Savages (1998): covers 1880s–1890s
3. The Naked Savages (1999): covers 1897–1929
4. 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 American Civil War, from 1860 to 1871
• Century (1981)
• Ellis Island (1983)
• The Glitter and the Gold (1985)
• The Titan (1985)
• Pomp and Circumstance (1991)

References

1. Memorials, Princeton Alumni Weekly, June 6, 2007. http://www.princeton.edu/paw/archive_new/PAW06-07/14-0606/memorials.html

External links

• New York Times obituary, Feb. 12, 2007
• Fred Mustard Stewart at IMDb

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