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A dazzlingly reported, hard-nosed account...[A] fat, beautifully researched book. -- John Justin Smith, Chicago Sun-Times
A remarkable job of investigative reporting . . . a ruthlessly probing 688-page blockbuster biography that cracks Hughes's public persona as it disentangles the psychodrama of his private doings—his ties to Nixon and Watergate, his mysterious death, the way the CIA apparently used him to serve its own ends. (Publishers Weekly )
A remarkable job of investigative reporting...a ruthlessly probing 688-page blockbuster biography. -- Publishers Weekly
By far the soundest, fairest and fullest book we have on the bizarre billionaire who commanded the fortunes of Croesus yet could not command himself. It is the story of a man who had everything—and nothing. (John Barkham Reviews )
By far the soundest, fairest and fullest book we have on the bizarre billionaire who commanded the fortunes of Croesus. -- John Barkham Reviews
Donald Barlett and James Steele of The Philadelphia Inquirer, the finest team of reporters west of The Times of London, herewith present the perfect biography of the weirdest, most fascinating, most god-awful corporate creature you will ever encounter in broad daylight. (Robert Sherrill - Nation )
Now the full story of the life and death of Howard Hughes has been published, told not as cheap gossip but as a dazzlingly reported, hard-nosed account...[A] fat, beautifully researched book. (John Justin Smith - Chicago Sun-Times )
Of all the books written about Howard Hughes, [this] is easily the best. -- Ted Morgan, New York Times Book Review
Of all the books written about Howard Hughes, [this] is easily the best...the first fully documented, crade-to-grave account of a unique American life. (Ted Morgan - New York Times Book Review )
The perfect biography of the weirdest, most fascinating, most god-awful corporate creature you will ever encounter in broad daylight. -- Robert Sherrill, Nation
[The authors] have made an impressive use of documents to fashion this longest, most responsible and authoritative biography of Hughes to date. (Peter S. Prescott - Newsweek )
[The] longest, most responsible and authoritative biography of Hughes to date. -- Peter S. Prescott, Newsweek
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The life that inspired the major motion picture The Aviator, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and directed by Martin Scorsese.
A dazzlingly reported, hard-nosed account...[A] fat, beautifully researched book. -- John Justin Smith, Chicago Sun-Times
A remarkable job of investigative reporting . . . a ruthlessly probing 688-page blockbuster biography that cracks Hughes's public persona as it disentangles the psychodrama of his private doings—his ties to Nixon and Watergate, his mysterious death, the way the CIA apparently used him to serve its own ends. (Publishers Weekly )
A remarkable job of investigative reporting...a ruthlessly probing 688-page blockbuster biography. -- Publishers Weekly
By far the soundest, fairest and fullest book we have on the bizarre billionaire who commanded the fortunes of Croesus yet could not command himself. It is the story of a man who had everything—and nothing. (John Barkham Reviews )
By far the soundest, fairest and fullest book we have on the bizarre billionaire who commanded the fortunes of Croesus. -- John Barkham Reviews
Donald Barlett and James Steele of The Philadelphia Inquirer, the finest team of reporters west of The Times of London, herewith present the perfect biography of the weirdest, most fascinating, most god-awful corporate creature you will ever encounter in broad daylight. (Robert Sherrill - Nation )
Now the full story of the life and death of Howard Hughes has been published, told not as cheap gossip but as a dazzlingly reported, hard-nosed account...[A] fat, beautifully researched book. (John Justin Smith - Chicago Sun-Times )
Of all the books written about Howard Hughes, [this] is easily the best. -- Ted Morgan, New York Times Book Review
Of all the books written about Howard Hughes, [this] is easily the best...the first fully documented, crade-to-grave account of a unique American life. (Ted Morgan - New York Times Book Review )
The perfect biography of the weirdest, most fascinating, most god-awful corporate creature you will ever encounter in broad daylight. -- Robert Sherrill, Nation
[The authors] have made an impressive use of documents to fashion this longest, most responsible and authoritative biography of Hughes to date. (Peter S. Prescott - Newsweek )
[The] longest, most responsible and authoritative biography of Hughes to date. -- Peter S. Prescott, Newsweek
Product Description
The life that inspired the major motion picture The Aviator, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and directed by Martin Scorsese.
Howard Hughes has always fascinated the public with his mixture of secrecy, dashing lifestyle, and reclusiveness. This is the book that breaks through the image to get at the man. 80 photographs. Originally published under the title Empire: The Life, Legend, and Madness of Howard Hughes.
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ALL his life, Howard Hughes stood in awe of his father, the tall, handsome, flamboyant man who endowed him with a flair for the dramatic, a love of things mechanical, and one of the great industrial creations of the twentieth century. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
operating memorandum, stockade leader, unidentified aide, inn penthouse, dissident directors, helicopter contract, aircraft division, tool company, special administrator, light observation helicopters, aircraft company, voting trust, flying boat, gaming commission, medical institute, gaming license, rock bit Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Las Vegas, Howard Hughes, Los Angeles, Hughes Aircraft, Hughes Tool Company, Air West, New York, Romaine Street, United States, Bill Gay, Culver City, Miss Henley, White House, Chester Davis, Justice Department, Nadine Henley, Donald Nixon, Hell's Angels, United Press International, Wall Street, Bel Air, Hughes Nevada Operations, Summa Corporation, Noah Dietrich, Wide World Photos New!
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ALL his life, Howard Hughes stood in awe of his father, the tall, handsome, flamboyant man who endowed him with a flair for the dramatic, a love of things mechanical, and one of the great industrial creations of the twentieth century. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
operating memorandum, stockade leader, unidentified aide, inn penthouse, dissident directors, helicopter contract, aircraft division, tool company, special administrator, light observation helicopters, aircraft company, voting trust, flying boat, gaming commission, medical institute, gaming license, rock bit Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Las Vegas, Howard Hughes, Los Angeles, Hughes Aircraft, Hughes Tool Company, Air West, New York, Romaine Street, United States, Bill Gay, Culver City, Miss Henley, White House, Chester Davis, Justice Department, Nadine Henley, Donald Nixon, Hell's Angels, United Press International, Wall Street, Bel Air, Hughes Nevada Operations, Summa Corporation, Noah Dietrich, Wide World Photos New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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