Stone, Irving

Stone, Irving( 1903–89),
California author of widely popular fictionized biographies that include Lust for Life (1934), on van Gogh; Sailor on Horseback (1938), on Jack London; Immortal Wife (1944), on Jessie Benton Frémont; Adversary in the House (1947), on Debs; The President's Lady (1951), on Rachel Jackson; Love Is Eternal (1954), on Mary Todd Lincoln; The Agony and the Ecstasy (1961), on Michelangelo; Passions of the Mind (1971), on Freud; The Greek Treasure (1975), on Schliemann; The Origin (1980), on Darwin; and Depths of Glory (1985), on Pissarro.