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The Mysterious Howard Hughes Revealed

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As the assisant Manager of the Brittania Beach Hotel on Paradise Island from 1969 through 1974, I can personally attest to the accuracy of the entire 18 month period of the Hughes entourage stay in Nassau. I was well aquainted with Chuck Waldron before and during the entire period. It was like reading a journal of my life over 35 five years ago.

I was very displeased with The Mysterious Howard Hughes Revealed. It becomes very obvious that the author is staying away from the issue of Howard's serious codeine addiction. In fact, the drug use is only very briefly and vaguely mentioned in this book in just a couple of places about how Howard would take more medication than was needed. Nothing is mentioned about how Hughes would inject the codeine himself and that broken needles were found in his arms after he died. It is very evident that the author is staying away from this subject and even his obsessive compulsive disorder and poor hygiene are not really gone into in any detail at all.

The main focus of this book is really the life one of Howard's aides, Chuck Waldron and how working with Hughes affected him. It makes for a dull read in my opinion mainly focusing on the logistics of moving Howard from place to place and his business dealings. There are also several flashbacks in this book that discuss lots of the early years. If you are looking for a really well written book on the later years of Howard Hughes get Howard Hughes: The Hidden Years by James Phelan. That is a MUCH better book and very candid about everything. I didn't learn anything new from reading The Mysterious Howard Hughes Revealed.