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Peter Schwed

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In 1996, Schwed privately or self-published copies of his correspondence with author P.G. Wodehouse. He only printed 500 copies and said that there would be no further printings, unsold copies would be destroyed along with the film and plates.
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and Leon Shimkin became equal partners over Simon & Schuster. Schwed became the publisher of the trade books division in 1966. He remained as publisher until 1972 and he retired as chairman emeritus of the editorial board in 1984.
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in 1945 after leaving the Army. Schwed began in the rights department and rose to executive editor and vice-president in 1957 when Dick Simon retired and
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Schwed's books spanned across fiction and non-fiction with a special interest in sports. Peter Schwed edited many notable authors including
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Peter Schwed was married to Antonia Holding Schwed, a novelist and enamelist and the daughter of the novelist
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Hanging in There!: How to Resist Retirement from Life and Avoid Being Put out to Pasture
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in Princeton, New Jersey. Schwed's father Frederick Schwed, was a member of the
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Turning the Pages: An Insider's Story of Simon & Schuster, 1924-1984
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Schwed served in the Army where he saw combat in Europe and earned a
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Plum to Peter: Letters of P.G. Wodehouse to His Editor Peter Schwed
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for his service. He left the Military as a Captain in 1945.
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Sinister Tennis: How to Play against and with Left-handers
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Peter Schwed was born in New York and graduated from
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Schwed, Peter. "WARMERDAM WAS IN CLASS BY HIMSELF."
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New York: Macmillan, 1984. Print. 282:Danzig, Allison, and Peter Schwed. 23:. Among the authors he edited were 622:20th-century American male writers 349:. New York: Beaufort, 1987. Print. 14: 363:. New York: Galahad, 1996. Print. 359:Schwed, Peter, and Taylor Jones. 100:(now known as NYSE). Schwed left 71:. He was the co-author of golfer 310:Lopez, Nancy, and Peter Schwed. 305:The Serve and the Overhead Smash 253:Where are the Customers' Yachts? 312:The Education of a Woman Golfer 201:The Education of a Woman Golfer 77:The Education of a Woman Golfer 445:Saxon, Wolfgang (2003-08-05). 1: 612:American publishers (people) 284:The Fireside Book of Tennis 135:Schwed began his career at 638: 525:: CS1 maint: unfit URL ( 130:God Bless the Pawnbrokers 486:timesmachine.nytimes.com 228:Elisabeth Sanxay Holding 397:Korda, Michael (1999). 247:Peter Schwed's brother 333:Test Your Tennis I.Q.! 124:After dropping out of 98:New York Curb Exchange 291:God Bless Pawnbrokers 222:Marriage and children 571:. September 21, 2006 137:Simon & Schuster 126:Princeton University 102:Princeton University 94:Lawrenceville School 21:Simon & Schuster 258:Death and afterward 569:The New York Times 545:www.abebooks.co.uk 451:The New York Times 361:How to Talk Tennis 326:The New York Times 199:'s autobiography, 237:P. Gregory Schwed 234:Katharine H. Wood 195:. He co-authored 629: 607:American editors 581: 580: 578: 576: 561: 555: 554: 552: 551: 537: 531: 530: 524: 516: 514: 513: 502: 496: 495: 493: 492: 478: 469: 468: 466: 465: 442: 417: 416: 404: 394: 214:, in his memoir 153:David McCullough 106:Great Depression 37:David McCullough 637: 636: 632: 631: 630: 628: 627: 626: 587: 586: 585: 584: 574: 572: 563: 562: 558: 549: 547: 539: 538: 534: 517: 511: 509: 504: 503: 499: 490: 488: 480: 479: 472: 463: 461: 444: 443: 420: 413: 396: 395: 382: 377: 352:Schwed, Peter. 345:Schwed, Peter. 338:Schwed, Peter. 331:Schwed, Peter. 317:Schwed, Peter. 303:Schwed, Peter. 296:Schwed, Peter. 289:Schwed, Peter. 272: 260: 243:Roger E. Schwed 240:Laura S. 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Index

Simon & Schuster
P.G. Wodehouse
Irving Wallace
Harold Robbins
David McCullough
Cornelius Ryan
Jack Nicklaus
Rod Laver
Bill Tilden
Chris Evert
Bjorn Borg
Roger Angell
Ted Williams
Nancy Lopez
Lawrenceville School
New York Curb Exchange
Princeton University
Great Depression
World War II
Bronze Star
Princeton University
Simon & Schuster
Max Schuster
Cornelius Ryan
David McCullough
Harold Robbins
Irving Wallace
P.G. Wodehouse
Bill Tilden
Bjorn Borg

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