Empire [electronic resource] : The Life, Legend, and Madness of Howard Hughes
Barlett, Donald L.2009
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Howard Hughes lived one of the greatest, most heroic, misunderstood, mysterious, bizarre, and tragic lives in American history. In this brilliantly documented biography, the mythology that surrounded that life is disentangled from the truth. Hughes had always been different. Certainly his riches set him apart, but he was also tough. Orphaned and a millionaire at eighteen, Hughes repudiated his relatives, seized control of the Hughes Tool Company, the linchpin of his fortune, and went on to become a flamboyant movie producer, holder of many world aviation records, principal owner of Trans World Airlines, a critically important defense contractor, Hollywood's most pursued and elusive bachelor, and partner of the United States government. This is an epic biography of an epic figure who bestrode the world like a colossus yet could not master himself.
Main title:
Empire [electronic resource] : The Life, Legend, and Madness of Howard Hughes / Donald L. Barlett
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Edition:
Abridged
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : Blackstone Audio, Inc., 2009
Collation:
1 online resource (1 audio file)
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Mode of access: Internet
Biography/History:
DONALD L. BARLETT AND JAMES B. STEELE, as an investigative team for the Philadelphia Inquirer, won seventeen major journalism awards, including Pulitzer Prizes in 1975 and 1989 for national reporting.
ISBN:
9780786178476
Language:
English
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BRN:
2896217
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