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Howard Hughes: The Untold Story
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Howard Hughes was one of the most amazing, intriguing, and controversial figures of the twentieth century. He was the billionaire head of a giant corporation, a genius inventor, an ace pilot, a matinee-idol-handsome playboy, a major movie maker who bedded a long list of Hollywood glamour queens, a sexual sultan with a harem of teenage consorts, a political insider with intimate ties to Watergate, a Las Vegas kingpin, and ultimately a bizarre recluse whose final years and shocking death were cloaked in macabre mystery. Now he is the subject of Martin Scorsese's biopic The Aviator. Few people have been able to penetrate the wall of secrecy that enshrouded this complex man. In this fascinating, revelation-packed biography, the full story of one of the most daring, enigmatic, and reclusive power brokers America has ever known is finally told.
Surely there are few untold stories about Hughes, the brilliant inventor and shrewd businessman who pioneered commercial aviation, became the only individual ever to personally own a movie studio, led Trans World Airlines to become the preeminent international air carrier, womanized his way across the tabloid headlines of the 1920s and '30s, and descended into frightful paranoia and drug addiction in his old age. Authors Broeske and Brown concentrate on the womanizing in this entertaining biography, which chronicles Hughes' affair with Katharine Hepburn, among many others.
Howard Hughes: His Life and Madness
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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. Originally published under the title Empire: The Life, Legend, and Madness of Howard Hughes. 80 photographs
Howard Hughes: Power, Paranoia & Palace Intrigue
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One of the most famous and enigmatic Americans of the twentieth century, Howard Hughes challenged Hollywood's conventions and packed theaters with his blockbuster films Hell's Angels, Scarface and The Outlaw. He thrilled the world with his aviation exploits, shattering air speed records, flying around the world in record time and building the world's largest aircraft. Hughes was linked with almost every major film beauty of the 1930s and '40s, making him a favorite subject of the nation's gossip columns. One of the world's first billionaires, Hughes transformed his father's small fortune into a vast business empire. But for all his celebrated achievements, Hughes' later years in Las Vegas -- when drug addiction, bizarre behavior and a casino buying spree dominated his days -- continue to draw the public's fascination. Geoff Schumacher, a veteran journalist and the author of Sun, Sin & Suburbia: An Essential History of Modern Las Vegas, delves into the Las Vegas years of Howard Hughes in this engrossing portrait of a man whose impact on the city is still being felt today.
Howard Hughes: The Las Vegas Years The Women, The Mormons, The Mafia
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Many people know about Howard Hughes, America's first billionaire. He was an aviation engineer, an Oscar-winning motion picture producer and director, and a hotel and casino owner in Las Vegas and Reno, with seven establishments. He built the biggest airplane in the world at the time-known as the Spruce Goose-and the Glormar Explorer supership for the CIA. He owned RKO Motion Picture Studios in Hollywood, as well as tens of thousands of acres in California, Nevada, and Texas. Fewer people, however, know the Howard Hughes of the neon world of Las Vegas in the 1970s. Reclusive and eccentric, Hughes spent his later years surrounded by Mormon aides who insulated him from outsiders. This collection of biographical anecdotes includes stories of the power players of the time-celebrities, famous actresses, and the Las Vegas Mafia-as well as tales of Hughes's bevy of less-well-known ladies. Told by an insider who knew Hughes in that era, these stories reveal new aspects of an American icon, set against the background of Sin City, the town he loved so much. "John has captured a fascinating era here; I know . . . I was there". -Alvin Zuckert, Emmy-award winning television director "John's book caused me to relive an exciting and wonderful time in my life. There were sides of Hughes you never knew existed . . . until now" -Ted West, engineer for Hughes Television, KLAS-TV and FOX-TV, Las Vegas, Nevada "No crapshoot here; John's got an absolute winner". -Gary Marlow, technical director for Hughes Television, KLAS-TV, Las Vegas, Nevada
Citizen Hughes : The Power, the Money and the Madness
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Portrayed by Leonardo DiCaprio in the Martin Scorsese movie The Aviator, Howard Hughes is legendary as a playboy and pilot—but he is notorious for what he became: the ultimate mystery man. Citizen Hughes is the New York Times bestselling exposé of Hughes’s hidden life, and a stunning revelation of his “megalomaniac empire in the emperor’s own words” (Newsweek).
At the height of his wealth, power, and invisibility, the world’s richest and most secretive man kept what amounted to a diary. The billionaire commanded his empire by correspondence, scrawling thousands of handwritten memos to unseen henchmen. It was the only time Howard Hughes risked writing down his orders, plans, thoughts, fears, and desires. Hughes claimed the papers were so sensitive—“the very most confidential, almost sacred information as to my innermost activities”—that not even his most trusted aides or executives were allowed to keep the messages he sent them. But in the early-morning hours of June 5, 1974, unknown burglars staged a daring break-in at Hughes’s supposedly impregnable headquarters and escaped with all the confidential files. Despite a top-secret FBI investigation and a million-dollar CIA buyback bid, none of the stolen secret papers were ever found—until investigative reporter Michael Drosnin cracked the case.
In Citizen Hughes, Drosnin reveals the true story of the great Hughes heist—and of the real Howard Hughes. Based on nearly ten thousand never-before-published documents, more than three thousand in Hughes’s own handwriting, Citizen Hughes is far more than a biography, or even an unwilling autobiography. It is a startling record of the secret history of our times.
Next to Hughes: Behind the Power and Tragic Downfall of Howard Hughes by His Closest Advisor
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A close advisor of Howard Hughes offers an intimate look at the eccentric multimillionaire's final years, discussing his legendary paranoia, business deals, political influence, and more. $40,000 ad/promo.
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Colts release defensive end Howard
Indianapolis Star - Sep 05, 2009
Examiner.com Dante Hughes and Nick Graham, offensive lineman Steve Justice and defensive tackle Adrian Grady. The release of Howard comes as a bit of surprise. Cut-down day reports: Indianapolis Colts release seven players, 15 Colts cut Dante Hughes, Steve Justice, and Nick GrahamColts start shaping their roster - -all 29 news articles »
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OFFBEAT: Adolph Hitler, Howard Hughes automobiles on auction block ...
nwitimes.com - Sep 05, 2009
TOGETHER AGAIN - - In May 2009, Bill Smith, one of the co-owners of a car once owned by Howard Hughes, staged a publicity campaign reunion of the vehicle
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Howard cruises to win
Macon Telegraph - Sep 05, 2009
Head coach Bobby Hughes said it was a combination of planning and execution. “Our offensive coordinator, looking at film, felt like there were some
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Solar savvy resident saves energy
Valencia County News Bulletin - Sep 05, 2009
He runs several web sites featuring topics from Historic Route 66 to Howard Hughes. He sells books and dvds on Amazon. He admits that though he is retired,
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The elephants of style
CNN - Sep 04, 2009
Let's start with Howard Hughes, not because he dressed differently from any other billionaire but because he was sharp, wore funny hats, and had an insane and more »
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